Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in July 2018:
$32-million fraud lawsuit settled
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALABAMA: 1-thousand-2-hundred people could be eligible for compensation because of hospital data breach
ARKANSAS: Walmart suddenly laid off 150 people from its Optical Lab in Fayetteville, due to “changing business needs”.
hospitals accuse EMS provider of ‘balance billing’
CALIFORNIA: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research issued a shutdown WARN for its Emeryville operations, 149 jobs gone by mid-September! Non-profit Bethesda Lutheran Communities issued a shutdown WARN for its Redding location, 34 jobs gone by the end of August.
One hospital executive sues another hospital executive over sexual harassment
Doctors indicted in $950M kickback scheme
A shutdown hospital is now blaming it on the National Union Fire Insurance Company
CONNECTICUT: Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center issued a shutdown WARN for its Waterbury location, 45 jobs gone by mid-September. Bridgeport Manor issued a shutdown WARN for its nursing home ops, 2-hundred jobs gone starting at the end of September!
court documents reveal money woes at Bridgeport nursing home
DELAWARE: Psychotherapist Sexually Abused Patient
FLORIDA: Lake Emergency Medical Services eliminating five jobs at the end of September. In Orlando, DaVita Rx eliminating 109 jobs between September and December! In Tampa, Health Net Federal Services eliminating 131 jobs in September! CareSync finally notified state unemployment administrators that it suddenly eliminated 292 jobs in June! WorkNet Pinellas eliminating 133 jobs by the end of August!
ILLINOIS: Rush University Medical Center outsourcing 110 jobs by September! Convey Health Solutions issued a shutdown WARN for its Decatur call center, 150 jobs gone in October! Nursing home services company SeniorWell issued a layoff WARN for its Buffalo Grove ops, 48 jobs gone in September.
‘Christian’ hospital mishandled Legionnaires’ test of dying veteran
INDIANA: Medical supplier HLS Health and Wellness now bankrupt busted and liquidating, the bankruptcy is blamed on a contracted billing service provider which apparently ripped everybody off. Kindred Hospital issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Mishawaka, 117 jobs gone by the end of September! Walmart suddenly laid off 108 people from its Optical Lab in Crawfordsville, no warning!
MASSACHUSETTS: Providence Behavior Health Hospital warning of mass layoffs due to “operational changes”.
MICHIGAN: Hospital and patients suing over negative facebook comments
MISSOURI: BJC HealthCare suddenly laid off 113 InfoTech employees and contractors, in connection to its new Epic go-live ops!
Children’s Mercy facing lawsuit after data breach
NEW JERSEY: Van Dyk Health Care eliminating 287 jobs in Trenton, by mid-September! British empire United Kingdom based Hikma Pharmaceuticals eliminating 78 jobs in Eatontown, by the end of September.
man impersonates doctor, bills insurance companies more than $1M+ in ‘phantom medical’ claims
NEW MEXICO: Doctor fakes own cancer in order to avoid prison sentence
NEW YORK: In NYC, after 20 years physical therapy Support by Design forced to shutdown by the greedy landlord, and the operator couldn’t find any new locations that they could afford.
Pharmacy owner gets jail time for $1.5M kickback scheme with hospital employee
Health Quest Systems paying more than $15-million in fines for ripping off taxpayers
Hospitals accused of age discrimination
OHIO: RiteAid shutting down its Steubenville pharmacy, due to being taken over by British empire based Boots-Walgreens. The mayor of Steubenville says it’s proof corporations don’t care about customers: “…there are many people living downtown, especially in government housing that do not have automobiles….Rite Aid was a source they could at least walk to and get their necessities to function.”-Jerry Barilla
MetroHealth COO found guilty of fraud, accepting bribes
OKLAHOMA: $1-thousand worth of medical equipment stolen from medical supply van
OREGON: legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people
PENNSYLVANIA: Texas based LifeCare Hospitals decided to shutdown its Mechanicsburg long term care hospital, 122 jobs gone in September!
Medtronic closing office & eliminating 63 jobs
TENNESSEE: Michigan based Jackson National Life Insurance issued a WARN, 64 jobs in Franklin gone by August, however, optimistic company leaders told local news media that somehow the layoffs would pave the way for 250 new jobs. Meharry Medical College suddenly laid off 55 people in order “to optimize our resources”.
United Benefits of America CEO gets 5-year prison sentence for health insurance fraud
TEXAS: hospital co-founder admits to bribing physicians for high-volume surgeries
drug company executive gets 15 years in prison for $50M pill distribution plot
Hospital accused of violating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and falsifying lab results to support police claims
Doctor sues news media for defamation
UTAH: Mission at Bear River Rehabilitation Center shutting down its 40 years old Tremonton location, some employees will move to a new facility near Brigham City.
WASHINGTON: Taxpayer funded public hospital operator Trios-Health now chapter 9 bankrupt busted as part of plans to find a new private sector owner.
Washington DC: Court says 277 hospitals can challenge Medicare reimbursements
Doctor accused of bringing guns into a Trump hotel makes plea deal
ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral June 2018: “…WE HAD THE WORST YEAR…EVER…”