North Carolina Transportation Company Sentenced For Healthcare Fraud
A Greensboro-based medical transport company was sentenced in federal court for healthcare fraud. Gate City Transportation, Inc. was ordered to pay a $100 fine, a $400 special assessment, and restitution…
Read More »Owner of New York Medical Transportation Companies Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Albany, New York — Waqas Nauman, age 37, of Queensbury, New York, pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid. Nauman admitted to fraudulent Medicaid billing practices connected to two medical transportation companies…
Read More »Ex-Nebraska Medicaid administrator sentenced to prison
A former state Medicaid audit administrator who bilked the program and his 85-year-old father of nearly $300,000 got 16 months in federal prison for it Thursday.
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Seventy-three employees of Florida healthcare system fall victim to email phishing attack
As many as 73 employees at NCH Healthcare System fell victim to an email phishing scam.
Read More »Employee’s loss of thumb drive imperils data at Nevada health provider
Renown Health is mailing breach notification letters to some patients after an employee in late June lost a thumb drive holding protected health information.
Read More »kentucky Man Sentenced for Role in Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
Samuel L. Ford, 40, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and 36 months of supervised release, for his role in submitting fraudulent claims for urine drug testing to…
Read More »Ohio woman accused of elderly patient abuse to appear for final pretrial hearing
A Dayton woman is scheduled to appear for a final pretrial hearing on charges of abusing a 90-year-old woman in her care, according to court documents.
Read More »Illinois nursing home employees taunted resident, posted video to Snapchat
The daughter of a north suburban nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit against the facility, alleging that two staff members taunted and degraded her mother, all the while recording…
Read More »VA cuts off Van Nuys assisted living home
Federal officials pulled veterans from a Van Nuys assisted living home after finding that the facility had reported a social worker visiting a veteran who had been dead for four…
Read More »Florida nursing home workers accused of abusing 85-year-old patient
Two nursing assistants who worked at the Macclenny Nursing and Rehab Center have been arrested after they were accused of abusing an elderly patient, according to an arrest report from…
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