Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Death, Sexual Abuse
An Iowa nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring…
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NJ Pharmacy Owner Admits Role in Multimillion-Dollar Illegal Kickback Scheme and Evading Taxes on over $33 Million of Income
Igor Fleyshmakher, 58, the former co-owner of a Union City, New Jersey, pharmacy, admitted his role in a scheme to pay bribes to healthcare professionals and evading taxes on $33.9…
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New Jersey Doctor Described as ‘Candy Man’ and ‘El Chapo Of Opioids’ Admits Distributing Opioids to Patients
A Bergen County doctor admitted distributing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and falsifying medical records to cover it up. Robert Delagente, 45, of Oakland, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in…
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California Urologist Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for Fraudulent Billings of Nonexistent Patient Visits and Unnecessary Tests
Mark Wilfred Tamarin, 65, a urologist, was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent billings totaling more than $700,000 to Medicare for medically unnecessary and nonexistent treatments,…
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Ohio Nursing Home Employee Sentenced for 98-Year-Old Patient’s Fatal Fall
A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge described a 98-year-old woman who lived in an Oregon nursing home as “spunky” and someone whose life was cut short by an unintentional…
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Elderly Woman Claims She Was Sexually Assaulted by Little Rock Nursing Home Nurse
According to a police report, an 89-year-old resident at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, Inc. told officers a male nurse touched her inappropriately.
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Police Arrest Ohio Woman They Say Posed as Registered Nurse
Cortland police say Amanda Thorne, 30, was using the identity of a registered nurse to work at a nursing home. 1
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Dr. Spiro Y. Kassis, 66, of Plymouth Township, PA was sentenced to 48 months’ incarceration, two years’ supervised release and a $25,000 fine after pleading guilty to 14 counts of…
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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Inappropriate Therapy
Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., and its related companies will pay $15,466,278 to settle claims that the skilled nursing home chain provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents in order…
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Former Michigan Healthcare Consultant Who Used Faked Credentials to Obtain More than $1.4 Million Pleads Guilty
A former healthcare consultant pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion relating to her scheme to be employed under false pretenses as a highly paid healthcare consultant. According to…
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