Heritage Specialty Care cited for medication errors and case of abuse
Iowa Capital Dispatch reports Heritage Specialty Care in Cedar Rapids was fined 13000 dollars after a resident received 12 medications intended for another person. Inspectors noted delayed assessments and incorrect insulin doses at MeadowView Memory Care Village in Cedar Rapids, with a death investigated as possibly linked to a prior fall.
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Former nurse sentenced to 42 months for drug theft and fraud
Onawa, Iowa, former licensed nurse Haptonstall, 47, pleaded guilty to acquiring controlled substances by deception, possessing a firearm as a felon, and bank fraud. She burglarized multiple Onawa residences in 2023 to steal narcotics, stole hydrocodone from elderly residents in 2022, and embezzled more than $8,000 from a small family business. U.S. District Judge Leonard Strand sentenced her to 42 months in federal prison, with over $8,000 restitution and $5,000 in attorney fees, plus three years of supervised release. The investigation involved the Iowa Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, HHS OIG, FBI, ATF, and local authorities.
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Sarah Ann Haptonstall
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