Operator of NJ Home Healthcare Agency Sentenced to Prison for Not Paying Employment Taxes
A Manahawkin, New Jersey, home healthcare agency owner was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for willfully failing to pay over employment taxes. According to the information…
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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Kickback Scheme
Jai Vijay, 54, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty to conspiring with the owners of home healthcare agencies and a hospice agency to pay and receive illegal kickbacks in exchange for Medicare…
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Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Prison for Role in More than $1 Million Illegal Kickback Conspiracy
Dominic Trumbo, 45, of Lexington, Kentucky, a patient recruiter, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for receiving more than $1 million in illegal kickback payments from numerous home health…
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Seventy-Year-Old Woman Sexually Assaulted at California Assisted Living Facility
Police Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a 70-year-old woman at an assisted living facility in Carlsbad.
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United States Joins Suit against Mississippi Orthopedic Clinic Alleging False Claims for Medical Services
The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi against Mitias Orthopaedics, PLLC. Mitias provides orthopedic care in…
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Utah Rehab Facility Administrator Pleads Guilty to Stealing Hundreds of Thousands from Company
A former Orem rehabilitation center administrator pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $170,000 to pay for family vacations, home remodeling ventures and other personal expenses.
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MA Vendor Charged with Defrauding VA Hospitals by Failing to Inspect Medical Gas Systems
Chester Wojcik, 49, a vendor for several Veterans Affairs medical facilities was charged in connection with a scheme to profit by billing for, but failing to perform, critical medical gas…
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US Settles False Claims Act Allegations against Southeastern Retina Associates
Southeastern Retina Associates (“SERA”) has paid $1.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. As part of the…
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Four MI Physicians Found Guilty for Role in over $150 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury found four Detroit-area physicians guilty of healthcare fraud charges for their roles in a scheme to administer unnecessary back injections to patients in exchange for prescriptions of…
Read More »Missouri Nursing Home Residents Hospitalized after Violent Assault
Two nursing home residents are hospitalized following a violent assault.
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