News stories have been popping up recently about individuals stealing the identity of a nurse to pose as that person to get a job.  For example, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late famed singer Whitney Houston, was in a hospice where she was being cared for by an impostor nurse. Because nursing jobs may be more readily available in rural areas and members of the profession often make more money than the average population, it is little wonder that nurses would become the prime targets … [Read more...]

Did you know that you could be on the Medicare/Medicaid exclusion list and not be allowed to take care of Medicare or Medicaid patients?  If you were placed on this list, where would you work?  In this day and age, pretty much every health care entity cares for Medicare or Medicaid patients. So, what is the exclusion list? The Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) is responsible for maintaining this exclusion list.  When the OIG is considering excluding an individual or entity, the … [Read more...]