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Malik Fuqua, 49, the owner of a Detroit, Michigan-area physical therapy clinic, pleaded guilty for his role in a drug diversion scheme. Fuqua was the owner and operator of 1st…

Julie Wilson, 48, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and healthcare fraud. During her…

Shari Ann Schreiner, 54, a former director of a Twin Valley nursing home, is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from the facility that closed last year for financial reasons.

An Atchison nurses’ aide has been sentenced to serve 24 months in prison after being convicted of Medicaid fraud and related charges, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Janelle Lynn…

One defendant has pleaded guilty, and three others and a physician-owned testing lab have been indicted following the investigation of kickbacks in connection with laboratory testing services. The grand jury…

A federal jury found three individuals associated with dozens of hospice and home health companies, Rodney Mesquias, 47, Henry McInnis, 47, and Francisco Pena, 82, guilty for their roles in…

Sandra Haar, 59, of Merced, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil to five years in prison and ordered to pay $6,107,846 in restitution for healthcare…

United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Louisiana-based home health companies Health Care Options, Inc. and Health Care Options of Lafayette, Inc.; Texas-based Home Care Options Houston, Inc.; and…

Two certified nursing assistants accused of stealing from nursing home residents have been disciplined by the Florida Department of Health.

Jamie L. Marchione, 37, who worked as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been charged with the theft of more than $2,000 from an 88-year-old woman in September and October.