National Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action Results in Charges of over 138 Defendants and $308M
As part of a nationwide federal law enforcement action to combat healthcare fraud, 52 defendants have been charged in the Southern District of Florida over the last six weeks. The…
Read More »US Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities Facing a Workforce Crisis
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) on September 22, 2021, released results of a survey of nursing home and assisted living providers…
Read More »Tennessee Podiatrist Indicted for Healthcare Fraud for Alleged Foot Bath Scheme
A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tennessee, returned an indictment charging a podiatrist with a scheme to defraud Medicare and TennCare by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary foot bath medications….
Read More »Illinois Nurse Sentenced on Felony Drug and Healthcare Fraud Charges
An Illinois nurse was sentenced on September 16, 2021, to four years of probation for drug diversion and healthcare fraud charges. The Illinois nurse was also ordered to pay a…
Read More »Nurse Pleads Guilty to Overmedicating a Dementia Resident
A Kansas nurse has pled guilty to intentionally administering the wrong medication to a resident in a nursing home in an apparent attempt to keep the resident sedated. The resident…
Read More »Schizophrenia Diagnosis in Nursing Homes Has Increased Significantly since 2012
Residents with a schizophrenia diagnosis have increased 70% since 2012 when the federal government began publicly disclosing the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes. One in nine residents in a…
Read More »National Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action Results in Charges Involving over $1.4B in Alleged Losses
On September 17, 2021, the Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 federal districts across the United…
Read More »US Department of Labor Recovers $163K for 72 Healthcare Workers
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division cited a Tennessee healthcare organization for missing three payrolls in November 2020. The missed payrolls led to the discovery of minimum…
Read More »Upcoming Webinar on Security Risk Assessment Tool Hosted by ONC and OCR
The office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are hosting a new webinar focused on the Security Risk Assessment Tool…
Read More »A Decade of Data Reveals $147 Million Recovered by New Jersey under False Claims Act
The data reported between 2010 through 2019 by the State Attorney General under New Jersey’s False Claims Act (NJFCA) shows that the state netted $147 million under the NJFCA. The…
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