Nursing Home Accused of Causing Wrongful Death and Negligence
An Arkansas nursing home is being sued for negligence and wrongful death of a former resident. The daughter of a resident who passed away in…
NC AG Wins Two Operation Root Canal Settlements
Attorney General Josh Stein reached two separate civil settlements with ProHealth Dental Inc. and Henry W. Davis, Jr., DDS as part of Operation Root Canal,…
Three Facing Federal Charges for Participating in Healthcare Fraud Scheme to Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees
A criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age…
California Doctor Selling COVID-19 “Cure” Pleads Guilty
Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing a “miracle cure” for COVID-19, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting…
Maine Interpreters Sentenced for Million-Dollar Healthcare Fraud
Two Lewiston men were sentenced in US District Court in Portland for healthcare fraud. Abdirashid Ahmed, 41, was sentenced to two years in prison and…
Annual Report of the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice FY 2020
In FY 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened 1,148 new criminal healthcare fraud investigations. Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in 412 cases involving 679…
Home Care Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud, Ordered to Pay $1,000,000 Restitution
On July 13, 2021, a New Hampshire home care owner pled guilty and was sentenced to two counts of class B felony Medicaid fraud, and…
Former Lab Owner Sentenced in Connection with $1.6 Million Medicaid Kickback Conspiracy
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William Hughes, 74, was sentenced in federal court for one count of conspiracy to pay unlawful kickbacks. He was sentenced…
DaVita Inc. and Former CEO Indicted in Ongoing Investigation of Labor Market Collusion
A federal grand jury in Denver returned a two-count indictment charging DaVita Inc. and its former CEO, Kent Thiry, for conspiring with competing employers not…
Owner of California Home Healthcare and Hospice Agencies Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud
Akop Atoyan, 48, of Glendale, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive…