Tennessee Podiatrist Indicted for Healthcare Fraud for Alleged Foot Bath Scheme
A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tennessee, returned an indictment charging a podiatrist with a scheme to defraud Medicare and TennCare by prescribing and dispensing…
Medical Device Company Pleads Guilty to Dealing in Adulterated Devices
Affordable Healthcare Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Affordable Healthcare Solutions 1, LLC has pled guilty and was sentenced in South Florida federal court to Receiving Adulterated Devices…
Six Physical Therapists and Two Acupuncturists Charged in over $20M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office…
Man gets 19 years to life for sex assault on 88-year-old California nursing home resident
A man who entered a Hillcrest nursing home and attempted to rape an 88-year-old woman who lived there was sentenced Monday to 19 years to…
CT Physician’s License Suspended for Providing Blank, Signed COVID-19 Forms and Exemptions
The Connecticut Medical Examining Board, per a request from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, has suspended the Connecticut physician and surgeon license of retired…
NY Governor Takes Bold Action to Alleviate Potential Healthcare Staffing Shortages
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order to alleviate potential staffing shortages in hospitals and other healthcare facilities statewide. The executive order significantly expands the…
Abuse of Caldor Fire evacuee caught on video at California senior care home, complaint claims
A 90-year-old woman with dementia who was evacuated from her Pollock Pines home during the Caldor Fire ended up at a Folsom senior living facility…
Illinois Nurse Sentenced on Felony Drug and Healthcare Fraud Charges
An Illinois nurse was sentenced on September 16, 2021, to four years of probation for drug diversion and healthcare fraud charges. The Illinois nurse was…
Miami Man Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud Kickback Scheme
A Miami, Florida man was sentenced last week to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for conspiring with another man to…
Lawmakers move bill allowing cameras in Ohio nursing homes another step closer to law
A proposed state law that would allow cameras to legally be placed inside rooms of nursing home residents in Ohio moved another step forward Thursday…