New York Bill Would Require Medicaid Enrollment Assistance Before Inmates Leave Prison
Legislation would require state prisons and local jails to help eligible inmates enroll in Medicaid or other health insurance programs before their release. A New York lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at…
Top Hospital Pushing To Expand Medicaid Coverage To Trans Cosmetic Surgeries It Performs
Top Hospital Pushing To Expand Medicaid Coverage To Trans Cosmetic Surgeries It Performs Laurel Duggan on February 15, 2023 Johns Hopkins Medicine is fighting for government-funded health coverage programs to cover transgender-related…
Biden Admin Quietly Allowing Medicaid Funds To Cover Rent, Air Conditioning, Cooking Classes
Biden Admin Quietly Allowing Medicaid Funds To Cover Rent, Air Conditioning, Cooking Classes Laurel Duggan on February 13, 2023 The Biden administration has been approving state requests to use Medicaid funds to…
EXCLUSIVE: Dozens Of Hospitals Have Closed In States That Expanded Medicaid, Research Shows
EXCLUSIVE: Dozens Of Hospitals Have Closed In States That Expanded Medicaid, Research Shows Mary Lou Masters on February 10, 2023 Medicaid expansion has failed to prevent hospital closure, with almost 50 shutting…
Buffalo Man Sentenced For Defrauding Medicaid
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Saleh Mozeb, 67, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of health care fraud, was…
Unlicensed Group Home Owner Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Health Care and Wire Fraud Schemes
RICHMOND, Va. – A Chester woman pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and wire fraud, all stemming from her operation of a Richmond…
Brookfield Counselor Admits Defrauding Medicaid of More Than $1 Million
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GREGORY C. BANKS, 50, of Brookfield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District…
Greenwich Psychologist Admits Defrauding Medicaid, Medicare and Private Insurers
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and David…
Nashua Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Food Stamps and Medicaid Benefits
CONCORD – Kaylie Esquivel Arizmendi, 32, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. …
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicaid of More than $700,000 in Scheme Involving Personal Care Services
WASHINGTON – Joseph Tamjong, 51, of Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of $733,405. …
Milwaukee Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid.
Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 18, 2022, David Guerrero, Jr., was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud Medicare…
Silver Spring Dentist Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Federal Prison for Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Medicaid Funds by Recruiting Medicaid Beneficiaries Through the Payment of Kickbacks and Bribes
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Edward T. Buford III, age 70, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of…
10 charged in business email compromise and money laundering schemes targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and other victims
ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against 10 defendants in multiple states in connection with multiple business email compromise (BEC), money laundering, and wire fraud schemes that targeted Medicare,…
Bloomington Man’s Guilty Plea Marks 16th Felony Conviction in Two Medicaid Fraud Conspiracies that Totaled Over $5.4 Million in Fraudulent Billing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to his role in a $1.4 million Medicaid fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Abdirahman…
Plymouth Woman Pleads Guilty for her Role in $250 Million Scheme to Defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program and Separate $4 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Plymouth woman has pleaded guilty to her role in two separate fraud cases, including the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program and…
Oswego Hospital Agrees to Pay $98,694.36 for Improper Medicare and Medicaid Billing
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Oswego Hospital has agreed to pay $98,694.36 to resolve allegations that it knowingly violated the False Claims Act by: (1) improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for outpatient mental…
Massachusetts Company Enters Settlement Agreement to Resolve Claims of Medicaid Over-Billing
NEWARK, N.J. – A Boston, Massachusetts, company entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that it caused improper claims for payment to be made to the U.S.…
St. Charles Woman Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison For $2.5 Million Missouri Medicaid Fraud
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a woman from St. Charles to four years and nine months in prison for her role in a $2.5 million…
Former CEO of St. Gabriel Health Clinic Convicted of $1.8 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
After a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted the former CEO of St. Gabriel Health Clinic Inc. for conducting a multi-year, multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid Program. According to court…
Physician Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements for More Than 2,000 Medicare, Medicaid Patients
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to falsely certifying that products and tests were medically necessary for more than 2,000 Medicare and Medicaid…
Citizen of Jamaica Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVEL JOHNSON, 50, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A.…