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An employee at a Florida nursing company has been accused of stealing from the wife of an 87-year-old man.

Mark D. Smith and Fane Robinson, two San Diego-area physicians, have paid the United States $948,768.18 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by knowingly submitting…

Talisa Milam Haygood, 49, a former nurse at an Arkansas nursing home, was arrested Dec. 20 on a felony charge for allegedly stealing medication from residents in October and falsifying…

Attorney General Tim Fox announced that Del Linda Frost, 60, who recently pleaded guilty to exploitation of an older person, received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay more…

Rodolfo Pichardo, 71, of Hialeah, Florida was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for masterminding a $38 million healthcare fraud and wire fraud scheme. His wife Marta Pichardo,…

In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted 46-year-old licensed Physician’s Assistant Christopher Felix Montoya and 40-year-old Nancy Almaguer for their roles in a Healthcare Fraud, bribery and kickback scheme….

Antoine Adem, M.D., 49, of Festus, MO, and his company, Midwest Cardiovascular, Inc., were sentenced December 20. Dr. Adem was sentenced to a prison term of 45 days and ordered…

Elizabeth A. Prophitt, CRNA, 38, a former certified registered nurse anesthetist, was arraigned on an indictment charging her with fraudulently obtaining controlled substances, including several opioids. She previously worked at…

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced criminal charges against a Franklin County man who surreptitiously videotaped 206 patients at UPMC Carlisle, including nearly two dozen minors. The charges against Michael Bragg…

A Brunswick Medicaid provider and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $10 million to settle a civil fraud complaint filed by the federal government and the state…