Healthcare Provider Pays $100,000 Settlement to OCR for Failing to Implement HIPAA Security Rule Requirements
The practice of Steven A. Porter, M.D., has agreed to pay $100,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health…
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint against Drug Maker Mallinckrodt
The US Attorney’s Office announced that it filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc.…
Three Nurses Stabbed with Scissors at New York Hospital; Patient Charged
A patient at Ellis Hospital allegedly stabbed three nurses at Ellis Hospital February 27 with medical scissors.
Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal…
Pennsylvania State Police Arrest Two People Suspected of Stealing $15,000 from Nursing Home Resident
Two Pennsylvania residents of the same last name were recently arrested for stealing $15,000 from a woman in a nursing home. The pair’s scheme involved…
Older Parkinson’s Patients Often Wrongly Given Antipsychotics, Study Says
More than one-third of older people with Parkinson’s disease in long-term care who experienced therapy-related psychosis were prescribed antipsychotic medications considered inappropriate under current guidelines, a study…
Major Generic Pharmaceutical Company Admits to Antitrust Crimes
Sandoz Inc., a generic pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey, was charged for conspiring to allocate customers, rig bids, and fix prices for generic drugs,…
Former Adult Day Care Activity Center Owner in San Antonio Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud Scheme and Theft of Social Security Benefits
Scherry Lynn Moses, 52, pleaded guilty federal charges in connection with a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicaid for services not rendered and for stealing benefits…
Ohio Nursing Home Aide Charged over 2018 Patient Escape
Federal agents have arrested a nurse’s aide who was working when a a dementia patient fled a Canton nursing home two years ago and later…
Man Arrested for Sexual Battery, Elder Abuse at California Nursing Home
An employee has been arrested for inappropriately touching a patient at the Cypress Ridge Care Center in Monterey.