A Seattle physician has admitted that he filed hundreds of fraudulent Medicare claims for nursing home services, including some claims for residents who were deceased, according to news reports. John C. Chen, M.D., pleaded not guilty to the charges in federal court in September. However, he changed his plea Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. Chen was charged […]

The director of nursing for a now-closed skilled nursing facility plead guilty pled guilty in federal court to a charge in connection with making false statements related to care at the nursing home. The defendant was originally indicted on eight counts of making false statements related to health care matter at the “Brian Center” nursing […]

Man freed from prison after Tulsa police corruption probe gets $425K in lawsuit settlement (1/30/14 10:19 am).

Nurses who use a smartphone at night for work-related reasons are likely to be less effective on the job the next day, according to recently published research from Michigan State University. The investigators surveyed more than 160 people working in a variety of occupations, including nursing. The questions measured how much the subjects monitored a […]

I never understand how lawyers can do things like this.  Evidently the Court didn’t either.  Per Judge Anderson, in the case of Doe v. SCDSS: “Defendants’ counsel have acted without a shred of civility in disclosing this information and have violated the South Carolina Lawyer’s Oath which pledges ‘fairness, integrity, and civility, not only in […]

As a nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse attorney at Hughey Injury Lawyers, I have seen many horrific acts alleged to have taken place in various nursing homes.  These include abusing nursing home residents, beating nursing home residents, sexually assaulting nursing home residents, and, yes, even killing nursing home residents.  Nearly every time, when […]