DOJ Crackdown on Nursing Homes to Include Criminal Counts
The Department of Justice is making a push this fall to identify criminal charges that can be brought alongside civil actions against nursing homes and staff accused of abusing and…
Read More »Maggots on New York Nursing Home Resident’s Foot
Krysten Schmidt has been a nurse for 25 years and last week, when she went to visit her 89-year-old grandmother at Premier Genesee nursing home, she saw something she had…
Read More »Midwest Healthcare Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges against 53 Individuals
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced a healthcare fraud law enforcement action in Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota. Charges were filed against 20 individuals…
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Maine Ambulance Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations
A Bangor ambulance company has agreed to pay $138,285.30 to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act. The civil settlement agreement resolves allegations that Meridian Mobile Health,…
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Former Utah nurse pleads guilty to stealing painkillers and infecting seven patients with hepatitis C
A former Utah nurse pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges, admitting that she stole hospital painkillers and infected seven patients with a rare strain of hepatitis C.
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Pharmaceutical Company Targeting Elderly Victims Admits to Paying Kickbacks, Resolves Related False Claims Act Violations
The Department of Justice announced that Avanir Pharmaceuticals (Avanir), a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Aliso Viejo, California, has been charged for paying kickbacks to a physician to induce prescriptions of…
Read More »Five Defendants, Including Two Medical Doctors, Charged As Part of Northeast Regional Healthcare Fraud Takedown
Four individuals, including two doctors, a pharmacist who had previously lost his license and been excluded from participating in the Medicaid and Medicare programs and a pharmacy owner have been…
Read More »NJ Suspends License of Nursing Home Aide Charged with Manslaughter
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Nursing temporarily suspended the certification of a homemaker-home health aide charged with recklessly…
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Federal Healthcare Fraud Takedown in Northeastern US Results in Charges against 48 Individuals
The Justice Department announced a coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in loss and the distribution of…
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Florida and Georgia Healthcare Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges against 67 Individuals
The Justice Department announced a significant healthcare fraud enforcement operation across Florida and Georgia, involving charges against a total of 67 individuals across four federal districts for their alleged involvement…
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