NJ Doctor’s Employee Admits Role in $24.8 Million Kickback Scheme
The employee of a Jersey City, New Jersey, doctor admitted her role in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes from individuals…
Georgia Woman Admits Participation in Scheme to Obtain Fraudulent Reimbursements
A Georgia woman has admitted taking part in a nationwide telemedicine kickback scheme that led to fraudulent Medicare reimbursements for durable medical equipment and genetic…
Alleged Fraudsters Charged with Bribing Patients and Fraudulently Billing Medicaid
A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging Miami residents Lorena Osella, 43, and Juan Luis Matos, 58, with running a mental healthcare…
Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Program out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Folashade Adufe Horne, 52, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for defrauding the DC Medicaid program out of more than $370,000.…
Former VA Hospital Nursing Assistant Sentenced to Seven Consecutive Life Sentences
A former nursing assistant was sentenced in federal court for murder and assault charges in the deaths of eight veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical…
LTC Pharmacy Services Provider Agrees to Pay $2.75M to Resolve Allegations It Improperly Dispensed Controlled Substances
AlixaRx, LLC, a national provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, has agreed to pay the United States $2.75 million to resolve allegations that…
University of Miami to Pay $22M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
The University of Miami (UM) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary…
Iowa Care Facility’s Owner Agrees to Repay Federal Medicaid Funds to Resolve Allegations Relating to COVID-19 Screening Procedures
Care Initiatives, a Texas corporation with a home office in West Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to repay the United States $214,200 to resolve claims…
A working Florida nurse passed out in a utility room with an IV in her arm, state says
A Fort Myers area nurse stole a surgical anesthetic during her shift, injected herself with it and was found passed out in a utility closet,…
Physician Indicted in $6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A California woman was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles on criminal healthcare fraud charges arising from her false home health certifications and related fraudulent billings…