Georgia Man Arrested for Orchestrating Scheme to Defraud Healthcare Benefit Programs Related to COVID-19 and Genetic Cancer Testing
A Georgia man will appear in court for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud federally funded and private healthcare benefit programs by submitting fraudulent testing claims for COVID-19…
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Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and One of Its Former Mental Health Therapists Agree to Pay $27,500 to Resolve Potential False Claims Act Liability
Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and Sharmon James, a mental health therapist formerly employed by Progressions, have agreed to pay $27,500 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act set…
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Manhattan US Attorney Files Civil Fraud Suit against Anthem, Inc., for Falsely Certifying the Accuracy of Its Diagnosis Data
The United States filed a civil fraud lawsuit against ANTHEM, INC. alleging that ANTHEM falsely certified the accuracy of the diagnosis data it submitted to the Centers for Medicare and…
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Washington State Nursing Home’s Response to Coronavirus Placed Some Patients’ Safety in ‘Immediate Jeopardy,’ Federal Agency Finds
An inspection of the Life Care Center of Kirkland nursing home earlier this month found the facility had at times put patients’ safety in imminent danger during the coronavirus outbreak…
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Former Employees at Alabama Nursing Home Arrested for Elder and Sexual Abuse
Two former employees of the Marshall Manor Nursing Home in Guntersville have been indicted with multiple counts of abuse and misconduct.
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State Suspends Washington Nursing Assistant’s License after Theft
The state last month suspended the credentials of a Kelso nursing assistant convicted of stealing her client’s EBT card to buy $162 worth of groceries for herself, the Washington Health…
Read More »Coronavirus False Claims Task Force Urged at Justice Department
A whistleblower attorney and advocate is calling on Attorney General William Barr to warn health-care providers against using the new coronavirus to pad their pockets.
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Federal Court Orders Texas Home Healthcare Services Company to Pay Employment Taxes
On March 18, a federal court ordered El Mundo Feliz, a Partnership (El Mundo), and Daniel Martinez Jr. to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on a timely…
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South Dakota Woman Sentenced to 30 Months for Healthcare Fraud
Nancy Tingle, age 54, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison as a result of her conviction for healthcare fraud. Following her release from custody, Tingle will serve 3…
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Cameras were on as people died at hot nursing home. Footage is now under scrutiny.
Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in September 2017, but 15 surveillance cameras kept working, recording what workers did and did not…
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