Missouri Doctor and His Company Plead Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
St. Louis, MO — Antoine Adem, M.D., 49, of Festus, MO, and his company, Midwest Cardiovascular, Inc., pleaded guilty to their involvement in a healthcare fraud scheme. According to court…
Read More »Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns
St. Louis, MO — Rehan A. Rana, 46, of Ellisville, MO, was sentenced on Friday, August 16, 2019 to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release. He…
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Two Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Healthcare Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
A federal jury found two Los Angeles pharmacy owners guilty for their participation in a $35 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme to bill Medicare for medications that were…
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Nursing home sexual assault suspect says someone took his DNA and planted it in disabled victim
A man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly and disabled nursing home resident testified that someone planted his DNA from a used condom in the body of the alleged victim.
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California hospital website hijacked by ‘pirates’
Sonoma Valley Hospital’s website was hacked earlier this month, forcing the change of its URL and email addresses, hospital officials announced last week.
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Telemedicine could keep older patients out of the hospital
It’s easy enough for a doctor on an app to prescribe a birth control pill or an antibiotic, but try getting one to virtually examine your sick mom in a…
Read More »Nigerian Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in $8.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme in which more than $8 million was fraudulently billed to…
Read More »Owner of PA Assisted Living Facility Charged for Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Boggs, age 39, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, was charged on August 16, 2019, in a criminal information…
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Beazley breach insights – August 2019
Speculation that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcer, may be less active under the current administration has proven untrue.
Read More »Nearly a Third of Healthcare Employees Never Received Cybersecurity Training
A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training.
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