Former Healthcare Executive Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Kevin Harrington, age 50, of Oneonta, New York, was sentenced to serve a three-year term of federal probation and ordered to pay over $150,000.00 in restitution to his former employer…
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Nursing Home Worker and Physician Charged in Multi-Year Kickback and Theft Scheme
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on December 5 that a 71-year-old man was charged with one count of conspiracy to engage in theft…
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HHS ASTP Finalizes Two Rules
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), has finalized two rules: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Trusted Exchange Framework and…
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Five Years for $825K Credit Card Fraud Using Stolen Healthcare Identities
Karina Arceo, 34, of Wasco, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to commit bank fraud and committing aggravated identity theft in…
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Massachusetts Doctor Sentenced for Money Laundering and Importing Illegal Drugs
A Lexington, Mass. doctor was sentenced in federal court in Boston for an international money laundering scheme involving importing illegal, misbranded drugs. Rahim Shafa, 66, was sentenced to three years…
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Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Medication
A Lexington, Ky., woman, Abigail Hall, 51, pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product. According to her plea agreement, between January 2023 and August 2023, Hall worked as a…
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Home Healthcare Company Owner Sentenced for Employment Tax Violations
A California man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for failing to pay over employment taxes withheld from the wages of his company’s employees. According to…
Read More »Nursing Home CNA Scheduler Pleads Guilty in Ghost Employee Scheme
A former scheduler of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) at an Illinois nursing and rehabilitation facility pleaded guilty in federal court to fraud charges in connection with the hiring and payment…
Read More »California Doctor Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Hospice Fraud
A Ventura County physician who worked for two Pasadena hospices was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare out of more than $3 million through claims for…
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Missouri Nurse Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining Fentanyl from Hospital
An Osage Beach, Mo., nurse pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally obtaining fentanyl from a hospital for his own use. Charles Welch Jr., 65, waived his right to a…
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