Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years for $56M Medicare Fraud
The owner of two telemedicine companies was sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $27.9 million in restitution for his role in…
Alabama AG Announces Arrest of Nursing Home Employee for Theft from Residents
On February 23, 2026, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that a former employee of a Tuscaloosa nursing home had been arrested for the theft of…
Consensus Statement from American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Task Force
The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology convened a 45-member international task force that undertook a Delphi survey and selective literature review to identify clinical situations…
West Tennessee Healthcare to Pay $340K for Alleged Patient Dumping Violations
On February 13, 2026, Jackson-Madison County General Hospital District doing business as West Tennessee Healthcare (WTH) entered into a $340,231.20 settlement agreement with OIG. WTH…
New York Assisted Living Community Says It Has Code Approval to Reopen
A nursing home that evacuated residents nearly two months ago, due to a water leak blamed on rain and melting snow, announced that it had…
Adult Foster Care Administrator Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter After Resident Death
Kristi Tucker-Fleischfresser, 39, was arraigned before Judge Corey J. Wiggins in the 84th District Court in Cadillac on multiple felony charges related to the 2022…
New York Nursing Home Employee Charged with Raping Resident
A 48-year-old man employed at the Yorktown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is facing charges of rape and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person for…
Caregiver at Potomac Senior Living Facility Shot, Killed 87-Year-Old Man
A caregiver at an assisted living facility in Potomac, Maryland, has been arrested in the killing of an 87-year-old resident, and police say he shot…
South Texas Doctors Agree to Pay Nearly $5M to Settle False Claims Act Liability
Six South Texas doctors and their respective practices have agreed to pay $4,855,844 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE…
South Carolina Trio Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
Charles McKinley Griffin, 56, Tika Michelle Griffin, 48, and Kirk Nathan Evans, 55, all of Lancaster, South Carolina, have each been sentenced for conspiracy to…