Massachusetts, Connecticut SNFs Facing Fraud Allegations in False Claims Act Lawsuit
The US Attorney’s Office has filed a joint complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office under the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts against 19 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in…
Read More »New York Sales Director Charged in $70.6M Medicare Kickback Scheme
A New York national sales director was charged on Feb 20, 2025, in federal court in Boston for allegedly conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for…
Read More »Connecticut Woman Sentenced to 37 Months for Defrauding Medicaid of over $1.6 Million
Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on February 24, 2025, that a 44-year-old Hamden woman was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed…
Read More »FDA Recalls Frozen Supplemental Shakes Linked to Listeria Outbreak
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a nationwide recall of frozen supplemental shakes after they were linked to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has caused 11 deaths…
Read More »Doctors, Business Owners, and Telemedicine Fraud Lead to over $1B in Medicare Fraud
On February 20, 2025, a Kansas man pleaded guilty to operating an internet-based platform that generated fraudulent doctors’ orders, defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare programs of over $1 billion….
Read More »Iowa Nursing Home Cited After Choking Incident Leads to Resident’s Death
An Iowa nursing home, where a resident choked to death, has been cited by the state for insufficient staff and employing a noncertified nurse aide. The Iowa Department of Inspections,…
Read More »Hospital Employee Arrested for Stealing and Reselling Medical Equipment Online
A former Florida hospital employee faces charges after authorities say he stole $150,000 worth of equipment and sold it online. The defendant, a former lead plant operations technician, is accused…
Read More »12-Year Sentence for Nursing Home Employee Who Shared Abusive Snapchat Photos
A former Oklahoma nursing home employee has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of sending offensive photos and videos of elderly residents via Snapchat. The individual,…
Read More »Pennsylvania Man Pleads No Contest to Fraudulent Medical Scheme, Posing as Doctor
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Carbon County man pleaded no contest to multiple felonies after posing as a medical professional to administer care to patients and fraudulently…
Read More »Michigan Nurse Charged with Tampering with Vials of Fentanyl
An indictment was unsealed charging a registered nurse from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, with three counts of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance fentanyl. He…
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