Ransomware Attackers Claim Three More Healthcare Victims
Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado is recovering from a ransomware attack that started on April 21, 2020.
Fraud Suits, DOJ Probes Await Nursing Homes after Virus Abates
Mounting coronavirus infections and deaths at U.S. nursing homes will spur a storm of private litigation under a federal anti-fraud statute and possible criminal investigations…
Woman Says Her Mother Starved to Death at New York Nursing Home
Maxine J. Schwartz, an East Aurora nursing home resident who had dementia, would only eat if her daughter was there to encourage her.
Nearly 70 Dead in ‘Horrific’ Outbreak at Veterans’ Home
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out…
Prominent Physician of Dunn, North Carolina, Agrees to Pay up to $8.8 Million to Resolve Allegedly Fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid Claims
Dr. Ibrahim Oudeh, his wife Teresa Sloan-Oudeh, and Dr. Oudeh’s medical practice agreed to relinquish approximately $3,300,000 worth of assets and further agreed to a…
COVID-19 Fatal to Over One-Third of Residents in Massachusetts Nursing Home
A Massachusetts nursing home recently reported that 49 of its residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The facility was at its near capacity…
Michigan Doctor Charged in Medicare and COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Schemes
Dr. Charles Mok, 56, of Washington, Michigan, was charged in a criminal complaint for his alleged role in a healthcare fraud scheme which involved submitting…
Enlivant/Assisted Living Concepts to Pay $66,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Accommodation Suit
Assisted Living Concepts, LLC, doing business as Enlivant, a national owner and operator of senior living facilities, has agreed to pay a former chef $66,000…
NJ Nursing Home Patient with Coronavirus Gets Last Rites Read through Window
A New Jersey priest gave last rites to a parishioner who had coronavirus, not over the phone or in person ― but through a window.
101-year-old Woman Born during Spanish Flu Pandemic Survives Coronavirus
A New York woman born during the Spanish flu pandemic has the distinction of surviving a second pandemic, more than 100 years after she survived…