Owner of Ohio Home Healthcare Company Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud, Tax Crimes
Sharon Romaine Ward, 52, formerly of West Chester, pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing more than $8.5 million to Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs home healthcare programs between 2015 and 2021….
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United States Reaches $1.2 Million Civil Settlement with Missouri Pain Management Doctor
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that the United States has reached a civil settlement to resolve allegations that Dr. Nehal Modh and Modh’s…
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Eight Defendants Charged with Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Noman Ahmed, Adnan Arshad, Rehman Diwan, Jessica Hendrickson, Jose Marte, Mohammed Saleem, Faisal Shamsi, and Waqas Shamsi were charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud…
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Two Individuals Plead Guilty to Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A former doctor and her wife pleaded guilty to crimes involving the medical practice they ran in north Alabama for many years. Francene Aretha Gayle, 50, of Apopka, Florida, pleaded…
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Massachusetts AG Announces $4 Million Settlement with Nursing Home Chain
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $4 million settlement with a Woburn-based long-term care (LTC) management company that operates sixteen nursing homes in Massachusetts. The settlement, announced…
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Iowa Surgical Center Agrees to Pay $125,000 to Resolve Allegations It Violated the Controlled Substances Act
First Choice Surgical Center, an ambulatory surgical center located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has agreed to pay $125,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated civil provisions…
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Plaintiff Alleges Nursing Negligence against Florida Assisted Living Facility for Broken Leg
On May 30, 2024, a nursing negligence complaint was filed against an assisted living memory care facility in Boca Raton, Florida, alleging that the plaintiff suffered significant injuries due to…
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Pharmacist Convicted of Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances at Retrial
A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas pharmacist after a retrial for unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances at a now-shuttered pharmacy. According to court…
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United States Sues Telehealth Providers and Executives for Unfair and Deceptive Conduct
The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced that the United States filed an amended complaint against telehealth company Cerebral Inc., Cerebral’s founder and former Chief Executive…
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Colorado Eyecare Company Suffers 377K-Record Data Breach
A Fort Collins, Colorado-based eyecare management company notified 377,911 individuals of a data breach that occurred in May 2023.
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