Michigan Healthcare Company Fires Employee for Leaking Patient Data to Personal Injury Attorney
Beaumont Health has fired an employee suspected of disclosing confidential information of more than 1,000 patients to a person believed to have been working on…
Nursing Home Worker Jailed for Three Years over False Tax Claim That Netted Him $980,000 Refund
A nursing home worker who made a false claim to get a $980,000 tax refund despite earning less than $19,000 has been jailed for 34…
Nearly 200,000 Patients Impacted by PIH Health Phishing Attack
PIH Health, a 2-hospital nonprofit healthcare network based in Whittier, CA, has started notifying nearly 200,000 patients about a potential breach of their personal and…
EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Enforcement and Litigation Data
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released detailed breakdowns for the 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in fiscal year 2019. The…
Florida Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Re-Sell Diverted Pharmaceuticals
Eliseo Martinez, age 48, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced on January 23, 2020 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of medical…
Georgia Optician Sentenced in Identity Theft Case
John Anthony Marsh, age 56, a resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia was sentenced on January 22, 2020 to three years’ probation, with a condition that the…
Delaware Corporation’s Attempt to Dodge Wrongful Death Suit Thwarted by Own Press Release
A Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas judge has denied a health company’s attempt to escape a wrongful death lawsuit against one of its hospitals,…
Michigan Healthcare Worker with TB May Have Exposed Patients
Patients at three physician offices in Oakland and Macomb counties are being warned that a worker may have unknowingly exposed them to tuberculosis.
Dog Sniffs out Dangerous Bacteria at North Carolina Hospital
Detecting dangerous bacteria can be difficult, but a beagle named Harley is sniffing around Vidant Medical Center in Greenville to help patients. Image credit: Content…