United States Files Complaint Alleging Healthcare System Violated the Stark Law
The United States has filed a complaint against a healthcare system located in Tennessee and North Carolina, alleging it violated the Stark Law and thereby…
Nurse Assaulted at New York Nursing Home, Resident Arrested
Utica Police Department officers were called to the Grand nursing facility regarding an assault on a nursing staff member by a resident.
DOL Recovers $135K for 57 Employees Denied Overtime by Minnesota Homecare Provider
The Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis…
Office of EMS Associate Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $4M from the Virginia DOH
A Midlothian man pled guilty to mail fraud, federal program theft, and tax evasion in connection with a scheme to misappropriate millions of dollars from…
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Erlinger Health System
The United States has filed a complaint against Murphy Medical Center, Inc. doing business as Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority doing…
Nursing Home COVID-19 Testing Scheme Results in $26.3M False Claims Act Judgments
On July 18, 2024, the US District Court for the District of Maryland entered default judgments for the United States totaling $26,341,951.38 against multiple laboratory…
Med-Net Concepts, LLC News & Views Newsletter July 2024
Male Resident Catcalls: Compliment or Sexual Harassment? By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO It’s 3:00 am in a nursing home and a young female CNA…
South Carolina Pharmacist Sentenced for Unlawfully Compounding Radioactive Drugs
Richard A. Sheriff, 73, of Easley, has pleaded guilty to adulteration of a drug and been sentenced to two years of probation. Sheriff also forfeited…
Michigan Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Causing Patient’s Drug Overdose Death
Dr. Bernard Shelton, 67, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of a patient’s overdose death that resulted from…
Foreign National Charged for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
A federal grand jury in Houston returned an indictment charging an Indian national with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit…