Owner of PA Assisted Living Facility Charged for Failure to Pay Payroll Taxes
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Boggs, age 39, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, was charged on August 16, 2019, in a criminal information…
Read More »Fourth Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Company
Jeffrey Goldstein, 49, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a scheme to prescribe Subsys, a potent fentanyl-based spray,…
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Patient falls, abuse cited in CT nursing home violations
Three nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations that occurred in 2017 and last year.
Read More »New Jersey nursing assistant charged in death of nursing home patient
A certified nursing assistant from Bloomfield faces a reckless manslaughter charge after she allegedly lied about an injury to an 85-year-old nursing home patient that proved to be fatal.
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Kansas nursing home employee sentenced for stealing $10K in rings from patient
A certified nursing assistant who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $10,000 in jewelry from a 99-year-old dementia patient while she slept at an Overland Park nursing home will spend a…
Read More »North Carolina nursing home aide pinched, ‘smacked’ disabled patients
An Asheville nursing home aide pinched and struck patients in the face, according to arrest records.
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Elder Caregiver Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Defrauding 92-Year-Old
Tucson, Arizona – On August 14, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Márquez sentenced Margaret Gastelum to 30 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old homebound-victim. The court also ordered…
Read More »North Carolina Transportation Company Sentenced For Healthcare Fraud
A Greensboro-based medical transport company was sentenced in federal court for healthcare fraud. Gate City Transportation, Inc. was ordered to pay a $100 fine, a $400 special assessment, and restitution…
Read More »Owner of New York Medical Transportation Companies Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Albany, New York — Waqas Nauman, age 37, of Queensbury, New York, pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid. Nauman admitted to fraudulent Medicaid billing practices connected to two medical transportation companies…
Read More »Ex-Nebraska Medicaid administrator sentenced to prison
A former state Medicaid audit administrator who bilked the program and his 85-year-old father of nearly $300,000 got 16 months in federal prison for it Thursday.
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