Houston-Area Cardiologist Settles False Claims Act Allegations
Advanced Cardiovascular Care Center P.A. and its owner and administrator have agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA).…
Novartis Pays over $642 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Payments to Patients and Physicians
Pharmaceutical company Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, based in East Hanover, New Jersey, has agreed to pay over $642 million in separate settlements resolving claims that it…
Troubled Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sued over Housekeeper’s COVID-19 Death
The family of a woman who died of COVID-19 while working at a Pennsylvania nursing home that struggled to cope with the virus outbreak filed…
Update: 2,022 Ohio Nursing Home Patients Have Died with Coronavirus
The count of patients from nursing homes and other long-term care facilities who have died with coronavirus is now at least 2,022, according to updated…
Iowa Nursing Assistant with COVID-19 Continues Working and Spreads Virus within Facility
A recent Iowa state inspection report indicates that a nursing assistant with COVID-19 was allowed to work while she was ill and exhibiting symptoms. The…
Personal Information Exposed in NC Nursing Home Data Breach
Choice Health Management Services, which owns several nursing homes throughout the Carolinas, announced it was the victim of a data breach, which potentially exposed the…
Illinois woman accused of pushing nursing home employees, damaging door after being denied entry due to COVID-19
Maria L. Zullo, 40, of Chicago, was charged with battery and criminal damage to property on June 23 following an alleged incident at a Chicago-area…
New Strain of Flu Found in China Has Potential to Become a Pandemic, Scientists Warn
Scientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic.
Nurse Cleared in Death of Ohio Nursing Home Patient
A nurse who was accused of negligence that led to the death of a patient at the Kent nursing home where she worked was cleared…
NCDHHS Launches Testing Initiative for Nursing Homes
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) will partner with Omnicare, a CVS Health company, to make facility-wide testing available to residents…