Allegations of unauthorized morphine dose leads to arrest of Oklahoma home health worker
A home health worker in Chelsea has been arrested on allegations of elder abuse after allegedly giving a patient a dose of morphine without consent.
Former Queens Cardiologist Settles Civil Fraud Allegations
Ghanshyam Bhambhani, a former Queens cardiologist, will pay a total of $2 million to settle civil claims that he paid kickbacks to other physicians for…
Phoenixville Hospital and Firstsource Solutions Agree to Pay $325,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Submitting Altered Government Forms
Phoenixville Hospital and Phoenixville Hospital Co., LLC has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act by causing the submission…
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding VA Hospitals by Failing to Inspect Medical Gas Systems
Chester Wojcik, 49, a vendor for several Veterans Affairs medical facilities pleaded guilty to a scheme to profit by billing for, but failing to perform,…
Georgia Home Healthcare Worker Posing as a Registered Nurse Arrested
On August 10, 2020, Sheriff’s investigators arrested Heather Denise Banks for identity theft of a Registered Nurse. When Banks was arrested, she confirmed that she…
North Carolina nurse stole elderly patient’s identity, used it to get loans, credit cards
A licensed practical nurse at a Smithfield nursing home is charged with stealing a patient’s identity and then racking up loans and credit card charges…
New York Hospice Provider Settles Civil Healthcare Fraud Allegations
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Hospice and Palliative Care (“MJHS Hospice”), a New York nonprofit hospice provider, has agreed to pay the United States $4,850,000 to…
CT Pharmacist Who Tampered with and Stole Infusion Narcotics Sentenced to 51 Months in Federal Prison
Carl Mancini, 43, of Wolcott, was sentenced to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with and stealing infusion narcotics while he was employed as a pharmacist for a Connecticut company.
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint against Drug Maker Teva Pharmaceuticals Alleging Illegal Kickbacks
The United States has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Teva Neuroscience Inc. (Teva), alleging that they illegally paid the Medicare co-pays
Virginia Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Federal Drug Charge
Paulette G Toller, a former pharmacy technician working in Danville, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for illegal distribution of a controlled substance.