DOL Seeks Contempt Order after Owner of 8 Indianapolis Home Healthcare Companies Continues Violations
Despite a 2022 federal court judgment requiring him to pay his employees overtime, Tim Paul — owner of eight Indianapolis-area healthcare services companies — continues to use improper pay practices,…
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Former Connecticut Counselor Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Offenses
A 56-year-old man of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 9, 2024, to three years of probation, the first 12 months of which he must serve in home confinement under…
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Former Chairman of Emergency Medicine Charged for Allegedly Stealing Almost $1.5 Million
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang, announced that an emergency medicine doctor has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is…
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Rite Aid Corporation and Affiliates Agree to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substance Act Allegations
The Justice Department today announced that Rite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) and 10 subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to settle the government’s allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) and…
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California Nursing Home Allegedly Drugged Resident to Stop His Wandering, Death Came Soon
A lawsuit alleges that instead of creating a plan to keep a resident from leaving and protect him from falling, a California nursing home used chemical restraints.
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The Grand Health Care System and 12 Affiliated Skilled Nursing Facilities to Pay $21.3M
Strauss Ventures LLC, doing business as The Grand Health Care System, and 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (collectively, the Grand) have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False…
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Michigan AG Charges Detroit Woman with Medicaid Fraud
Deseraye Dejarnette, 29, of Detroit, was arraigned in the 54B District Court in Ingham County before Judge Lisa Babcock on one count of Medicaid Fraud – False Claim, a felony…
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Florida Nursing Home Employees, Deputies Honored for Heroism against Shooter’s Rampage
A “Celebration of Valor’ reception was held to honor the individuals who protected staff and patients at Aspire at Palma Sola Bay after an armed man crashed into the front…
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Former Southeastern Connecticut Counselor Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jeffrey Slocum, 56, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to three years of probation, the first 12 months…
Read More »Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Failing to Protect Residents from Sexual Abuse
After a June 13 inspection, an Iowa nursing home was cited for failing to protect residents from sexual abuse. State inspectors proposed a $15,000 fine against the facility, which was…
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