Billions Stolen by Medicare Fraud Every Year…Blow the Whistle!

According to the United States Department of Justice, billions are stolen from taxpayers each year due to health care fraud. In fact: Medicare fraud schemes have grown bolder and more elaborate, resulting in billions of dollars in false billings and fraud schemes which are robbing Medicare and Medicaid blind and leaving our most vulnerable citizens…

$2.3 Billion False Claims Act Settlement-Largest in U.S. History

Pfizer and a subsidiary recently settled a case with the U.S. Government to pay over $2.3 Billion to settle False Claims Act cases against them–the largest settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice. Six “whistleblowers” or “relators” will be paid more than $102 Million of the recovery for reporting and uncovering the…

Cameras in Nursing Homes to Protect the Elderly?

A recent article notes that a top state prosecutor is supporting the placement of cameras in nursing homes residents’ rooms to protect them. Read the full article here. While residents would obviously have the right to object for privacy matters, the idea seems like one that would add another level of security to our most vulnerable segment…

Another Bill To Try to Cap Damages in Nursing Home Cases…

Yet another bill has been introduced to try to cap non-economic and punitive damages when nursing home residents and their families attempt to hold nursing homes accountable for abuse and neglect. Read the full article here. The article reiterates what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has found in the quality of care in this…

Man Charged with Abusing Nursing Home Residents…

A man has been charged with abusing nursing home residents. Three patients were videotaped on the abuser’s cell phone and had been seen by several witnesses before they were erased. Read the full article here. The saddest part of this situation is that most residents are not in a condition to even report such abuse…

Doc, Nurse and Pharmacist Drugged Residents…

A doctor, a nurse and a pharmacist have been criminally charged in connection with drugging some 22 nursing home residents with psychotropic medications simply to make them more tranquil. Read the article here. The article notes that 3 people may have died and one suffered great injury as a result. The attorney general noted: ‘These…

Nursing Home Sued Over Resident Freezing to Death…

An Itasca-area nursing home called The Arbor of Itasca has been sued after an 89-year-old woman, who suffered from dementia, was found frozen to death in the nursing home courtyard. Read the full article here. According to the coroner, the woman was outside for at least 90 minutes. Her family noted that she wasn’t even able to…