OIG Posts False Claims Act Settlements for FY 2021 Q1-Q2 on the Risk Spectrum
The government’s primary civil tool for addressing healthcare fraud is the False Claims Act (FCA). Based on the information it gathers in an FCA case,…
FDA and CDC Lift Recommended Pause on Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine Use
Following a thorough safety review, including two meetings of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the US Food and Drug Administration and the US…
Florida Nurse Arrested for Exploiting a Senior
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Licensed Practical Nurse for exploitation of an elderly…
More staff will be hired at NJ veterans’ homes with more than 200 COVID deaths
Thanks to a new law requiring nursing homes to increase staffing levels, 78 nurses, aides and other employees will be hired at the three state-run…
Illinois Caretaker Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Identities of Elderly Clients
A woman who abused her employment with an in-home healthcare company and stole the identities of her elderly clients is heading to prison. Erica S.…
Florida Medical Clinic Owner Charged with Orchestrating $42 Million Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment charging a Key Largo man with submitting approximately $42 million in fraudulent healthcare claims to United…
Five People Charged, Two Others Admit Guilt, in $93 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Five individuals have been charged and two others have pleaded guilty in New Jersey for their roles in massive durable medical equipment and genetic cancer…
California Home Healthcare and Hospice Agencies Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare
Liana Karapetyan, 41, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay…
Aeon Global Health Sued by EEOC for Sex and Race Harassment and Retaliation
Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Global Health, a Georgia-certified reference clinical laboratory in Gainesville, Ga., violated federal law by subjecting an African…
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $13 Million Medicaid Fraud Conviction
Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Timothy Mark Harron of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy…