Maryland Nursing Home to Pay $1.29M After Substandard Care Allegations
On April 7, 2025, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced a $1,289,679 settlement with a nursing home and its parent company to resolve allegations…
Home Healthcare Companies Owner Gets 42 Months in Prison for $5.7M Medicaid Fraud
Sally Njume-Tatsing, 47, formerly of Pickerington, was sentenced in federal court to 42 months in prison for committing Medicaid fraud. According to court documents and…
Nurse Anesthetist Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Diversion at Hospital
A nurse anesthetist who diverted fentanyl for his own use was sentenced on April 2, 2025, to three months in federal prison, six months of…
CT Nurse Admits Stealing and Tampering with Hydromorphone and Fentanyl Vials
Kristen Carotenuto, 35, of Pelham, New York, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty to tampering with vials of hydromorphone and fentanyl at…
Wound Care Provider Accused of Overbilling Medicare for Nursing Homes and SNFs
The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against a medical practice and its founder and majority owner, a physician, for…
Pain Management Clinic Owners, Operators Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges
The owners and operators of a Rhode Island pain management clinic have been indicted by a federal grand jury on healthcare fraud charges for allegedly…
Maryland AG Secures $1.29M Settlement and Oversight of Elkton Nursing Center
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced a $1,289,679 settlement with Elkton SNF, LLC and Elkton Health Holdco, LLC d/b/a Elkton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Elkton)…
Former Traveling Nurse Sentenced to Prison for Tampering with Morphine
A former traveling nurse was sentenced in federal court in Boston for tampering with morphine at a local rehabilitation facility. Loralie LaBroad, 55, was sentenced…
Kansas Doctor Admits Accepting Kickbacks to Commit Healthcare Fraud
A medical doctor from the Kansas City, Kansas area admitted accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to order medically unnecessary healthcare for thousands…
National Sales Director for Mobile Diagnostic Company Pleads Guilty to Kickback Scheme
A national sales director for a New York-based mobile diagnostic company pleaded guilty on April 2, 2025, to conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to…