Illinois Nursing Homes Fined for Substandard Care

A Springfield nursing home’s failure to give a patient multiple prescribed doses of medicine for diabetes resulted in her being hospitalized in intensive care and the facility being fined $25,000…

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Detroit Home Health Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme

The owner of a Michigan home health agency was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme involving approximately $1.5 million in Medicare claims for home…

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Sanford Health Entities to Pay $20.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Kickbacks and Unnecessary Spinal Surgeries

The Department of Justice announced that hospital entities Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and Sanford Clinic (collectively, Sanford), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed to pay $20.25 million to…

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Former Personal Care Aide Sentenced 13 Months in Prison for Healthcare Fraud

Mobolaji Tina Stewart, 58, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program. Stewart worked as…

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Former Personal Care Aide Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud

Rose Asang Gana, also known as Rose Nebangu, 40, of Greenbelt, Maryland, pled guilty on Wednesday, to a federal charge of healthcare fraud stemming from a scheme in which she…

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Louisiana Nurse Charged with Conspiracy to Alter or Falsify Records in a Federal Investigation

Suzanne C. May, age 61, of Mandeville was charged October 22, 2019 by a Bill of Information with conspiracy to alter or falsify records in connection with a federal investigation,…

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Former Louisiana Nursing Home Employee Indicted for Manslaughter in Burn Incident

A grand jury has returned a true bill and indicted Marcus Casson, 28, for manslaughter for the death of a resident at a nursing home in Pineville, Louisiana.

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CT Nurse Suspended for Posing ‘Clear and Immediate Danger’ to Patients

The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week suspended the licenses of two licensed practical nurses and disciplined four other nurses.

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CMS Update: The Future of Medicare Program Integrity

Earlier this month, President Trump announced an Executive Order charging CMS to propose annual changes to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare program. That’s why I’m proud to…

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Southern California Doctor Found Guilty in $12 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A federal jury found a southern California doctor guilty for his role in a $12 million scheme to provide medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcode claims submitted to Medicare,…

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