New York chiropractor pays $290K to settle fraud claims
A Levittown, New York chiropractor last week settled fraud claims with the federal government, paying more than $290,000 in fines for allegedly billing the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation program for treatments he did not provide. Levittown Patch
Missouri restaurant owner charged in plot to hire illegal employees
The owner of dozens of Mexican restaurants in several states, including the company’s president, CFO, controller, and sales manager, are among 19 defendants charged in a federal racketeering plot to hire smuggled Mexican, Guatemalan, and El Salvadoran nationals who were not authorized to live or work in the United States. Fox 2 Now
FDA warns healthcare employees to stop using N95 masks made by one Chinese manufacturer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to health care providers about certain N95 respirator face masks, “because the company did not implement, maintain, and control a quality management system.” The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has revoked its approval of N95 respirator face masks manufactured by Shanghai Dashen Health Products Manufacturing Co. PennLive
U.S. Minerals admits to exposing employees to arsenic at Montana plant
U.S. Minerals last week pleaded guilty in federal court to exposing employees to elevated levels of arsenic at its Anaconda, Montana facility, a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Air Act. Montana Standard