Florida Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty to $870,000 Kickback Scheme
A Florida man pleaded guilty for a scheme to receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referring Medicare beneficiaries to five South Florida home health…
Georgia Nursing Home Pays $400,000.00 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
England Associates, L.P. d/b/a New London Health Center (“New London”) agreed to pay $400,000.00 to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare…
CA AG Announces $3.25 Million Settlement with Senior Living Operator
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside a coalition of District and City Attorneys led by Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, announced a $3.25 million…
MI AG Shares Review of OAG Report on Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities
Following questions related to the Office of Auditor General’s (OAG) January 12 report on COVID-related deaths in long-term care (LTC) facilities and data tracked by…
Conti Ransomware Group Continues to Threaten Healthcare
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Secret Service (USSS) re-released their September 2021 advisory…
California Man Pleads Guilty to Misappropriating COVID-19 Funds
A California man pleaded guilty to stealing government funds designed to aid medical providers in the treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19 and using them…
Boston Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with a Narcotic
A Boston registered nurse (RN) has pled guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance…
US DOL Offers New Resources to Help Combat Employer Retaliation against Workers
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today published and launched several resources to help combat retaliation by employers against employees for exercising…
EEOC Sues Riverwalk Post-Acute for Race Harassment and Retaliation
Riverwalk Post-Acute, a Riverside skilled nursing facility, violated federal law by allowing a class of Black employees to be subjected to racial harassment and one…
Medical Assistant Admits Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
Aaron Jones, 27, a former medical assistant, admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers of more than $1 million…