Psychiatrist Reaches Civil Settlement of $360K to Resolve Allegations of False Claims
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and a Missouri psychiatrist have reached a $360,000 civil settlement that will resolve False Claims…
Illinois Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Durable Medical Equipment Scheme
A Geneva, Ill., man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for a fraud scheme to defraud Medicare of over $2 million by submitting claims…
New York Nursing Home Set to Close Due to Renovation Costs
The St. Peter’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will permanently close its doors later this year after serving the community for nearly seven decades.
Financial Exploitation Finding at Minnesota Assisted Living Facility
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) substantiated a finding of financial exploitation after investigating an allegation under the Minnesota Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults…
Texas Nursing Home Incident Leads to Fugitive Arrest, Multiple Felony Charges
A man with an active out-of-state felony warrant was arrested after allegedly assaulting a Tyler County deputy and nursing home staff during an attempted arrest…
Two More Nurses Surrender CT License as Part of National Fake Degree Scheme
Two more nurses surrendered their Connecticut license to practice rather than face revocation as part of a national fake degree scheme, as the Board of…
MA AG Secures Guilty Plea in $220K Theft from Worcester Rest Home Residents
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Luzia Wade, 45, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty in Worcester Superior Court to charges related to…
New Jersey AG Announces $12.7 Million Medicaid Fraud Sentencings
Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced the sentencing of the final of five defendants involved in a scheme that defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid program of over $12.7…
AmerisourceBergen Subsidiary to Pay $1M over Alleged Healthcare Kickbacks
ASD Specialty Healthcare, LLC, (ASD) doing business as Oncology Supply Company, a distributor of specialty pharmaceutical products and a subsidiary of Cencora, Inc., f/k/a AmerisourceBergen…
Kansas Doctor Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for $8 Million Medicare Fraud
US District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced a Kansas anesthesiologist to three years in prison for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to…