Former Administrator of Texarkana Assisted Living Facility Guilty of Federal Violations
A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown. According…
Illinois Nursing Homes Fined for Substandard Care
A Springfield nursing home’s failure to give a patient multiple prescribed doses of medicine for diabetes resulted in her being hospitalized in intensive care and…
Detroit Home Health Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
The owner of a Michigan home health agency was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme involving approximately $1.5 million…
Sanford Health Entities to Pay $20.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Kickbacks and Unnecessary Spinal Surgeries
The Department of Justice announced that hospital entities Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and Sanford Clinic (collectively, Sanford), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed…
Small Fire at New Jersey Nursing Home Prompts Evacuations of Residents, Staff
A small fire at the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing caused the evacuation of several residents and staff members Sunday morning.
Push to Reduce Antipsychotic Drugs in Nursing Homes May Have Boosted Costly Hospitalizations
The regulatory push to reduce antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes may be correlated to a rise in risk factors for avoidable and non-avoidable hospitalization among…
Former Personal Care Aide Sentenced 13 Months in Prison for Healthcare Fraud
Mobolaji Tina Stewart, 58, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud the District of Columbia’s…
Former Personal Care Aide Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Rose Asang Gana, also known as Rose Nebangu, 40, of Greenbelt, Maryland, pled guilty on Wednesday, to a federal charge of healthcare fraud stemming from…
Fire at New Jersey Nursing Home Sends 16 to Hospital for Smoke Inhalation
A small fire at a nursing home in New Milford caused 16 people to be hospitalized due to smoke conditions on Thursday morning, police said.
New Survey Shows Link between Comprehensive Antibiotic Stewardship Programs and Infection Preventionist Certification
Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and their efforts to combat the over prescription of antibiotics are…