A Virginia-based nurse practitioner has been charged in connection with a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics…
On September 27, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Division released a private industry notification to highlight emerging ransomware trends and encourage organizations to…
Health officials are probing screenshots that appear to show a physician assistant shared, on several occasions, confidential information related to at least three patients, as…
Seventy-one residents of an Indiana nursing home were evacuated to area nursing facilities Thursday morning after a fire, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
A 54-year-old Austin resident has been indicted for healthcare fraud and money laundering. According to court documents, Dr. Michael Hochman is an ophthalmologist who owned…
Two Missouri City home health agency owners have been ordered to federal prison after admitting to defrauding millions from Medicare. Vincent Nwabeke, 72, pleaded guilty…
A New York man pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of more than $25 million for medically unnecessary prescriptions that were induced…
A registered nurse improperly obtained powerful opioids, such as oxycodone and hydromorphone, on at least 27 occasions from her Evansville employer’s drug-dispensing machines, a state…
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Katherine Jee Rankin (30, Jacksonville Beach) pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product, specifically injectable hydromorphone.…
A California woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently submitting claims to governmental and private insurance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic for expensive and medically unnecessary respiratory…