Florida Man Admits Role in $4.8 Million Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Scheme
A Florida man admitted his role in a healthcare fraud and kickback scheme that caused more than $4.8 million in losses to Medicare. Charles P.…
Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of Louisiana Nursing Home; No Explosives Found
Emergency responders investigated an anonymous bomb threat called in to a nursing home just before 8 p.m. on July 17, according to the Rayne Police…
Senior Living Company Pays $85K to Resolve Race, Retaliation Complaint Filed by EEOC
A management company operating several retirement and assisted living facilities in the Greater Washington DC area will pay $85,000 and provide other relief to settle…
An Overlooked Demographic Has Highest Suicide Risk and It’s Rising
Men aged 75 and older—especially those over 85, with a suicide rate of 55.7 per 100,000—are at the highest risk of suicide, more than 16…
Hospital Reports Iowa Nursing Home for Abuse Related to Resident Care
A Cedar Rapids nursing home has been fined $13,000 after a resident received, in error, 12 medications that were to have been administered to another…
Healthcare Worker Pleads Guilty to Double Billing DC Medicaid Programs
Amstrong Chapajong, 38, of Cheverly, Maryland, pleaded guilty in US District Court to one count of healthcare fraud after billing the District of Columbia’s Medicaid…
Former Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Diversion
A former Iowa nurse from western Iowa, who stole pain medication from nursing home residents, burglarized multiple residences, possessed a firearm as a felon, and…
Nine Ohio Medicaid Providers Indicted for $1.2 Million in Alleged Fraud
On July 10, 2025, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office announced that nine Medicaid providers had been indicted for allegedly defrauding the government healthcare program…
Miami Couple Sentenced in $6M Healthcare Fraud Case
On July 10, 2025, Magaly Travieso, 54, of Miami, Fla., was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and Yudorki Ramirez,…
Urgent Care Operator Settles $3M False Claims Act Case
Bloom Care LLC and its owners have paid $3,000,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Federal…