Former Owner of Chicago Healthcare Company Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison
The former owner of a Chicago home healthcare company has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.2 million from Medicare…
Nurse admits stealing patient’s drugs, citing stress from COVID-19 deaths
An Iowa nursing home worker who admitted stealing a resident’s painkillers says the stress of watching more than a dozen COVID-19 patients die alone contributed…
Three Clinical Labs and Their Owner Charged with Defrauding MassHealth and Illegal Kickbacks
Three independent clinical laboratories, their owner and holding company, an additional independent clinical laboratory and its owner, two laboratory marketing companies, and a Massachusetts physician…
Massachusetts Man Found Guilty, Sentenced to Jail for Defrauding MassHealth
A Medford man has been found guilty and sentenced to one year in the Middlesex House of Correction for his role in a scheme to…
Virginia Hospital System to Pay $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations
Sovah Health has agreed to pay the United States $4.36 million to settle claims that the hospital system violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) on…
Michigan Doctor Pleads Guilty to Billing for Office Visits She Never Performed
A Muskegon physician pleaded guilty on May 25, 2022, to a felony information charging her with one count of healthcare fraud. According to court documents,…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme Involving Covid-19 and Cancer Genetic Testing
A Georgia man pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and receive kickbacks in connection with fraudulent testing claims for…
NY Physician Agrees to Pay More Than $600,000 to Resolve Allegations That He Fraudulently Billed Medicare and Medicaid
James A. Sakr, MD, has agreed to pay $602,661.61 to resolve allegations, arising under the False Claims Act, that he fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid…
California Has a Unique Problem with Hospice Fraud. Can Legislation Stop it?
The Northern California woman with a chronic illness was receiving home health services, but she wasn’t terminally ill; so, when her son learned that a…
NM AG Secures Prison Sentence for POA Accused of Financially Exploiting Nursing Home Resident
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that Guadalupe Evelyn Kingston, who held power of attorney for a nursing home resident, was sentenced to five…