Home Care Company, CEO, and Two Doctors Pay $490,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Village Home Care LLC (VHC), located in Ocala, Florida, has agreed to pay $225,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA)…
NC Nurse Who Stole Painkillers and Replaced Them with Saline Sentenced to Four Years
A former Fuquay-Varina nurse was sentenced on May 22, 2023, to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with painkillers intended for…
Assisted Living Facility Worker Charged with Sexually Assaulting Dementia Patient
A worker at an Illinois assisted living facility has been charged with sexually assaulting an 88-year-old resident who has dementia.
Texas Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids
A Denton physician has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Stanley Charles Evans, 63, pleaded guilty…
Georgia Woman Allegedly Used Stolen Nursing License to Care for Patients
A Georgia woman was charged with practicing nursing without a license and aggravated identity fraud after using a stolen license to care for eight patients…
Hospital Agrees to Civil Settlement to Resolve Allegations that Employees Defrauded a Federally Funded Program
The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital based in Brooklyn, has agreed to pay $300,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that it…
Registered Nurse Charged with Falsifying Medical Records
Patricia Lynn Nash, 41, a registered nurse, was charged with two counts of Medical Records—Intentionally Placing False Information on Chart—Health Care Provider, Michigan Attorney General…
NC AG Reaches $150,000 Medicaid Fraud Settlement with Rockingham Healthcare Provider
Attorney General Josh Stein reached a $150,000 settlement with Compassionate Counseling Services in Rockingham to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to the…
Pennsylvania Woman Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Florentina Mayko, age 39, of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal…
Connecticut Nursing Home Facing Fines after Assault Allegations
A Danbury nursing home is facing more than $45,000 in fines after workers failed to report or investigate allegations that a nurse’s aide there had…