Former Senior Living CEO Indicted on ALF and Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud

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The former CEO of a New Jersey-based company that owned and operated 24 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living facilities in Wisconsin and Michigan recently was indicted on charges of healthcare fraud, six counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit tax fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The…

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Feds Recover $2.6B in 2019

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The federal government recently announced it won or negotiated more than $2.6 billion in healthcare fraud adjustments and settlements during the last fiscal year (2019). As a result of its efforts, as well as those of preceding years, approximately $3.6 billion was recovered. Of that total, approximately $2.5 billion was transferred to the Medicare Trust…

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Florida ALFs latest target of Medicaid fraud investigators

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Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and the patient placement agencies with which they work, have become the latest target of Florida’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigators. Recently, these agencies have been conducting interviews with ALF owners, managers and marketing personnel at facilities where they suspect possible kickbacks in violations of the Florida Patient Brokering Statute…

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