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    Dealing With Healthcare Workplace Harassment & Violence

    January 25th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Workplace related harassment, assault and other acts of violence is not new to healthcare workers. Even around a decade ago, research by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had found that healthcare workers were at increased risk for...

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  • Billions Of Dollars In Taxpayer Money Could Be Recovered; Lax Child Protection In CO, MO: HHS Report

    December 7th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Fall Semiannual Report to Congress, in which it was found that the efforts of the HHS in the 2021...

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  • Nurses More Likely To Have Suicidal Thoughts Than Other Workers: Study

    October 25th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Nurses in the United States experience suicidal thoughts "in greater numbers" than other general workers, a study published in the American Journal of Nursing said. Among nurses, those who do have suicidal thoughts are also less likely to...

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    Home Healthcare Background Check ABCs

    October 15th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer A paper published in 1999 stated, in very simple terms, that fraudulent and abusive practices in the home healthcare space are costly. They damage the integrity of the home health agency, the home care industry, and home care...

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  • Prison Staff Death Toll Spiked In Texas After Covid-19 Protocols Were Relaxed

    October 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer September became the deadliest month for employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice since the Covid-19 pandemic began, even as coronavirus fatalities dropped across the state, a Dallas Morning News report said. Covid-19 led to the death...

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  • Representative photo of Covid-19 vaccine vials | Photo by Braňo on Unsplash

    ‘Criminals Don’t Take Breaks’ — The Impact Of Covid-19 On Organized Crime

    September 20th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In late 2020, much before anyone ever imagined that a deadlier variant of the Covid-19 virus would sweep across the world and wreak renewed havoc on healthcare and governance systems, organizations like the United Nations Office on Drugs...

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  • Representative photo of a counselling session | Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

    The Dr. Lorna Breen Bill Addresses An Urgent Public Health Crisis: Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing

    September 16th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind On Sept. 17, 2020, in recognition of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, the Physicians Foundation published the alarming results of a new survey that found that nearly one in four physicians (22%) know another physician who has committed suicide,...

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    Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs: An Introduction

    September 13th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In 2018, there were 1.2 million emergency department visits for assault in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says on its website. Over 19,000 people died due to homicides, more than 14,000 of...

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  • Former NFL Stars Plead Guilty To Healthcare Fraud

    September 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Three ex-NFL stars have pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a media release on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Clinton Portis and Tamarick Vanover, entered their pleas on Sept. 3 while Robert McCune did so...

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  • Healthcare Workers Go From Being Lauded To Being Subjected To Workplace Violence And Harassment

    September 3rd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Healthcare workers in the U. S., hailed as heroes at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, have become — over the last several months — the targets of a disgruntled public. The hostility against workers administering Covid-19 vaccines...

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  • Representative photo showing bottles of drugs, and a syringe | Photo by Michael Longmire on Unsplash

    Drug Overdose Deaths: The Lethal Supply Behind A Worsening National Epidemic

    August 30th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind In July, the U.S. government reported that drug overdose deaths last year, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, soared nearly 30% to a record number of around 93,000. That's a massive spike from 2019's 72,000 drug overdose deaths,...

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  • Hurricane Ida Lashes LA, Moves Along Energy-Critical Gulf Coast

    August 30th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Sunday, Aug. 29, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Joe Biden declared a major disaster state in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 hurricane with winds of up to 150 mph, made landfall in the...

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    How To Dispose Of Unused Or Expired Medicines The Right Way

    August 26th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In 2019, 9.7 million people misused prescription pain relievers, 4.9 million people misused prescription stimulants, and 5.9 million people misused prescription tranquilizers or sedatives. A majority of those misused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often...

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  • Healthcare Systems Across Nation Continue To Be Disrupted By Ransomware Attacks

    August 19th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Nearly half of all hospital executives said their systems were either forced or proactively shutdown in the last six months due to ransomware attacks, a study by IPSOS, sponsored by Philips and CyberMDX, published last week found. Of...

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  • Sportsbooks Cross $300M In Operator Revenue For Just The Fourth Time Since Mid-2018

    August 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Monthly operator revenue at sportsbooks across the country came in at $318 million in June, the highest nationwide win rate for this year, and only the fourth time that the number has clocked in higher than $300 million...

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  • Nursing Home Covid-19 Cases Rose Sharply Last Week As Staff Vaccination Rates Still Lag

    August 6th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The number of nursing home patients and staff infected with the Covid-19 virus rose sharply last week, at a time when the nation is reeling under the menace of the highly contagious delta variant and as total cases...

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    Lots Of Proposals But Little Action So Far To Address the Opioid Epidemic

    July 29th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer There have been nearly 100 bills introduced so far this year that address the opioid epidemic. It seems everyone can agree this is an issue that needs to be addressed, but very few have managed to get any support...

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  • ‘Long Covid’ Is Now A Protected Anti-Discriminatory Disability Under The ADA: What Does That Mean?

    July 27th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Monday, July 26, the United States government said it will not be lifting existing travel restrictions due to concerns over the highly transmissible delta variant of Covid-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country,...

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  • Last Year, Federal Authorities Recovered $3.1 Billion Lost To Healthcare Fraud And Abuse

    July 19th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this month, officials released the 2020 edition of the annual audit of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) that is jointly run by the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Justice (DOJ). According...

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  • Momentum Building On Proposed $4.1 Trillion Infrastructure Spending Plans Ahead Of Congress’ August Recess

    July 16th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Widely considered to be one of the least polarizing issues in politics, infrastructure has become the key priority of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda. Currently, there are three bills being discussed in the U.S. Congress — two in the...

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  • INTERPOL Takes Down Record Number Of Fake Online Pharmacies Looking To Cash In On Pandemic

    June 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer INTERPOL announced on June 8 that it had succeeded in taking down a “record number” of fraudulent online pharmacies and arresting 277 people worldwide with the help of law enforcement, customs and health regulatory authorities in 92 countries....

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  • A stressed out nurse takes a breath by resting on her haunches in a hospital.

    Abused, Intimidated By A Patient’s Husband, I Was Still Lucky. Other Doctors Or Nurses Might Not Be.

    April 28th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    A 2018 ACEP survey of 3,500 respondents, all ER physicians, found that one-third had been punched and spit upon. In 97% of these cases, a patient committed the physical assault, while 28% reported that a patient’s family member or friend was also...

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  • Hospitals have multiple points of entry and any number of people walk in and out, unobserved, through the day. It's important to assess threat potential, in real-time, when it matters. Photo © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

    29 Million Healthcare Records Were Compromised In 2020, But You Can’t Protect Your Cyber World If You Leave Your Real World Unsecured

    April 16th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Wyly Wade Section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights, to post notice of any breach of unsecured protected health information that affects 500 or more individuals. According to...

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  • The Opioid crisis in numbers. Graphic source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Proposed Legislation to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

    April 15th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer Years into the opioid epidemic, Congress is still working to find solutions that help society address this issue. This year several laws have been proposed already. They include laws focused on warning labels, patient education, healthcare worker education, healthcare...

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  • More than 124,000 Americans died from overdoses related to synthetic opioids from 1999-2018. Image Courtesy: CDC

    In The Wild, Wild West – And East – Of Healthcare Fraud, These Strike Forces Are On A Mission

    February 26th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    On Feb. 24, the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section released its 2020 “Year In Review.” Sixty-two of the 167 individuals charged last year by the Health Care Fraud Unit were medical professionals, 13 of whom faced charges for illegal opioid prescriptions. Together,...

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  • New Jersey Hospital Charged With Disability Discrimination

    February 9th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates hospitals across 14 states in the U.S., was charged with disability discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Feb. 8. The EEOC said in...

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  • Merida Group CEO gets 15 years for $150m healthcare fraud

    February 3rd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica stafferThe CEO of the Texas-based Merida Group of hospice and home health entities was sentenced to 15 years in prison, on Feb. 3, for falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months...

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  • Interpol issues global alert on mafia threat to covid-19 vaccine

    December 2nd, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Interpol issued a global alert to law enforcement across its 194 member countries warning them to gear up for organized crime networks targeting covid-19 vaccines. The group’s Orange Notice warned the international community to prepare for possible infiltration...

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  • Radiology firm, its partner, to pay $5 mln settlement

    September 9th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer William M. Kelly Inc and Omega Imaging Inc, who together operate 11 radiology facilities in Southern California, have agreed to pay the US $5 million to resolve false claims allegations. They allegedly violated the False Claims Act (FCA)...

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  • Three former caregivers convicted for death of patient

    September 2nd, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Three former caregivers have been sentenced for their roles in the death of a special needs resident at Second Chance Homes (SCH), an organization that provided housing and care for persons with developmental challenges through a Missouri Department...

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  • Sun Pharma subsidiary to pay $20.75 mln settlement

    August 24th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc’s subsidiary - DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc – agreed to pay the US a $20.75 million settlement to resolve false claim allegations. DUSA allegedly caused physicians to submit false claims to Medicare and the Federal Employee...

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  • Prominent Connecticut eye doctor charged with sexual assault

    January 14th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A prominent Connecticut eye doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman repeatedly over a lengthy period of time, according to an AP report. Some of the assaults by the man, 35-year old Dr Ian Gorovoy, allegedly...

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  • Pharmacy, private equity firm fined $21.36 mln for kickback scheme

    September 18th, 2019
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC, or Patient Care America (PCA), PCA’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Smith, PCA’s former Vice President of Operations Matthew Smith, and private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden Inc. (RLH) agreed to resolve...

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  • Thirty-four, including doctors, charged for healthcare fraud

    September 18th, 2019
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Charges have been brought against 26 individuals in the Central District of California and 8 others in the states of Arizona and Oregon for defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs, resulting in $257 million and $1 million in...

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