Texas AG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Takes Down $70 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Dr. David Young, 61, of Fredericksburg, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury for causing the submission of more than $70 million in…
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Drinking Water Contamination Closes CMS Headquarters
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) headquarters in Baltimore has closed its doors after legionella, a bacteria with potentially fatal consequences, was found in the building’s water supply.
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Employee Error Enables Ransomware Attack on Health System
A major health system recently identified how ransomware attackers significantly disrupted approximately 140 hospitals across the United States. The health system was hit with a cyberattack on May 8, 2024,…
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Ohio-Based Nursing Home Chain CommuniCare to Pay $400,000 in Settlement Over Substandard Care
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that Ohio-based nursing home chain CommuniCare Family of Companies will pay $400,000 and one of their Maryland nursing homes will be subject to…
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Medical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records after Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout
When Change Healthcare paid $22 million in March to a ransomware gang that had crippled the company along with hundreds of hospitals, medical practices, and pharmacies across the US, the…
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Former ICU Nurse Arrested on Suspicion of Replacing Fentanyl with Tap Water
A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon has been arrested for allegedly diverting fentanyl from medical drips and replacing it with tap water.
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Former Nurse Sentenced for Adulteration of Fentanyl
A former nurse was sentenced in federal court in Boston for adulteration of fentanyl at a local hospital. Caroline Sheehan, 39, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced to three years of…
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Arkansas Attorney General Announces Arrest of Personal Care Aide for Medicaid Fraud
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced that Kaylee Slaughter, 25, of Lepanto was arrested on June 5 in Poinsett County on one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class B Felony….
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Three Employees of NJ LTC Facilities Indicted in Two Separate Elder Abuse Cases
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced three long-term care (LTC) facility workers — two in Ocean County and one in Camden County — are facing pending criminal charges, including assault…
Read More »Owner of Ohio Home Healthcare Company Pleads Guilty to $8.5 Million Fraud
The owner of an Ohio home healthcare company, who was already on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) exclusion list, pleaded guilty in US District Court on June 11, 2024,…
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