New Jersey bill would raise age limit for pediatric long-term care to 26
TRENTON, N.J. — A bipartisan group of New Jersey senators has introduced a bill that would raise the maximum age for residents in pediatric long-term care facilities from 19 to 26. Senate…
Convicted health care fraudsters charged under False Claims Act
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The owner and administrator of Texas-based Merida hospice and home health entities have been named in a multi-million-dollar whistleblower lawsuit, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Rodney Mesquias…
Springfield Health Care Charity Pays More Than $8 Million Related to Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
FORT SMITH – Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of…
A Big Win for Medically Fragile Families: Arizona Becomes 3rd State to Provide In-Home Continuous Care for Loved Ones
Thanks to newly passed legislation, the Family Licensed Health Aide Program will be available April 1, 2022 PHOENIX, April 1, 2022 — For most families with medically fragile children, parents are forced…
Springfield Health Care Charity Pays More Than $8 Million Related to Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of…
Former Employees of Beaver County Health Care Facility Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges Related to Alleged Assaults Against Disabled Residents
PITTSBURGH, PA – Two former residents of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on federal hate crime charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced…
Cumberland County Man Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, And Theft Of Public Money
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 22, 2022, Rodney L. Yentzer, age 52, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to conspiracy…
New Study Finds Black Patients Less Likely to be Completely Satisfied with Care After Knee or Hip Replacement
CHICAGO, March 22, 2022 — A study presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that Black patients were less likely than white patients to be completely…
Canton Doctor Indicted for Health Care Fraud
BOSTON – A Canton orthopedic surgeon has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for his role in a health care fraud scheme. Dr. Olarewaju James Oladipo, 57, of Canton,…
Providence Man Sentenced, Faces Deportation for Misuse of a Passport, False Citizenship and False Social Security Number Claims, Health Care Fraud
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Dominican national who resided in Providence is facing deportation after being convicted and sentenced in federal court for falsely representing his citizenship and Social Security number, misusing a…
Windham Eye Care Practice and its Owners Pay $192K for Employing “Excluded” Individual
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WINDHAM EYE GROUP, P.C., an ophthalmological medical practice located in Windham, and its owners, DANA WOODS, M.D. and…
Justice Department Settles E-Verify Discrimination Claims Against Washington State-Based Home Care Provider
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with Bianchi Home Care Inc. (Bianchi), a home care provider based in Washington state. The settlement resolves the department’s claims…
Ohio Man Admits Role in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Health Care Benefit Programs
NEWARK, N.J. – An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to his role in a large-scale, multilevel marketing scheme to defraud private and federally funded health care benefit programs, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
Port Clinton Physician Sentenced to Prison for Prescribing Controlled Substances Without Medical Necessity and Health Care Fraud
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that William Bauer, 85, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary to 5 years in prison and was ordered…
Medical Assistant Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
CAMDEN, N.J. – A former medical assistant today admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers of more than $1 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically…
FIRST SURGERIES COMPLETED WITH PATIENT-SPECIFIC 3D PRINTED IMPLANTS PRODUCED AT THE LIMACORPORATE PROMADE POINT OF CARE CENTER AT HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
NEW YORK, March 8, 2022 — LimaCorporate S.p.A., leading global orthopedics manufacturer, and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), consistently ranked number one in orthopedics globally by Newsweek and nationally by U.S. News…
Turkish National Sentenced to 27 Months for Orchestrating “Birth Tourism” Health Care Fraud Scheme on Long Island
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ibrahim Aksakal was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud…
‘You Don’t Even Care’: Mother Of Slain Marine Blasts Biden For Not Mentioning 13 Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
The mother of a Marine killed in an explosion in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan slammed President Joe Biden for failing to mention the 13 Marines who died in the…
Pain Clinic Owners Convicted of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal jury convicted a Tennessee physician and his wife yesterday for unlawfully distributing opioids, providing unnecessary services and defrauding insurers from their now-shuttered Alabama clinics. According to court…
Former Family Practitioner Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Dispensing Drugs and Health Care Fraud
PITTSBURGH, PA – A former physician who operated private family practices in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, and Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ incarceration, followed by three years…
DOJ Adds Employee Defendants in Illegal Opioid Distribution and Health Care Fraud Lawsuit Against Northeast Philadelphia Pharmacy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States filed an amended civil complaint against pharmacist Todd Goodman and pharmacy employees Eric Pestrack and Lee Kamp for their…