Lawsuit: Man Bled to Death in Illinois Nursing Home, Then Employee Stole His Phone
The family of a Bolingbrook man who was left alone to bleed to death in a nursing home — and then had his iPhone stolen…
Connecticut Rheumatologist Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Medicaid
Crispin Abarientos, M.D., 45, of Middletown, was sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding Connecticut’s Medicaid program.…
Former Hospital CEO and Nursing Home Medical Director Convicted of Illegally Prescribing and Obtaining More Than 15,000 Pain Pills from Pharmacies in 3 States
Gainesville, Ga. — John Michael “Mike” Gowder and James Heaton have been convicted after a two-week jury trial on 102 counts related to illegally prescribing…
Kentucky Nurse Sentenced to 24 Months for Tampering with Hospital Medication
A Salyersville, Kentucky, woman, Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. According…
Ohio Man Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison for His Role in a Conspiracy to Defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of $2.7 million
A Westlake man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of more…
Georgia Chiropractors Sentenced for Healthcare and Tax Fraud
Two metro-Atlanta chiropractors, Allan Spagnardi and Stacy Spagnardi, have been sentenced to federal prison for using their chiropractic clinic to commit healthcare fraud and for…
HHS OCR Secures Corrective Action and Ensures FL Orthopedic Practice Protects Patients with HIV from Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) has successfully secured corrective action and resolved a complaint against the…
Tennessee Nursing Home to Make Corrections after Improper Medicaid Billing, Patient Grooming Charges
State auditors say the Bledsoe County Nursing Home in Pikeville, Tennessee, improperly billed Medicaid almost $52,000 for resident leave days, and inappropriately billed 76 nursing…
California Nursing Home Residents Told to Find New Homes
Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to go, are receiving letters from their healthcare plans saying they…
Most Serious Nursing Home Complaints in MA Not Investigated in Required Time
A report with the Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services said almost 75 percent of serious nursing…