Amid Covid booster debate, West Virginia to check immunity of nursing home residents
West Virginia raced ahead of the country last winter to vaccinate people in nursing homes against Covid-19, but with cases and hospitalizations on the rise…
A Washington Medical Center Proposes Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Case
A hospital medical center in the state of Washington has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by victims of a December…
Montana Nurse Practitioners Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud
Two Montana nurse practitioners have been sentenced for conspiring to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars. Janae Nichole Harper, 34, of Kalispell, was sentenced to…
Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicaid out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Sikirat Adunni Brown, 59, of Upper Marlboro, Md., pleaded guilty to defrauding the DC Medicaid program out of more than $340,000. Brown admitted that, at…
Crothall Healthcare to Pay $37,500 to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Crothall Healthcare, Inc., a medical laundry and linen service, will pay $37,500 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the…
Government Intervenes in False Claims Act Lawsuits against Kaiser Permanente Affiliates
The United States has intervened in six complaints alleging that members of the Kaiser Permanente consortium violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate diagnosis…
NJ Pharmacy Employee Admits to Kickback and Bribery Scheme
A pharmacy employee admitted to conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County, New Jersey…
An Alabama Health System Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Resolve a Federal Qui Tam Lawsuit
On July 23, 2021, a notice of dismissal was filed indicating that an Alabama health system agreed to pay $1 million dollars to resolve a…
Med-Net Podcasts
Check out our newest podcast series, hosted by healthcare attorney and CEO of Med-Net Concepts, David S. Barmak, BA, JD. This series offers listeners another platform for discussing a variety of…
Florida Home Health Aide Arrested for Medicaid Fraud
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Fort Pierce Police Department, arrested a St. Lucie County home health aide…