A Florida woman sentenced to 35 years in prison for orchestrating a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved paying bribes and kickbacks to owners and operators of assisted living facilities and others had her sentence commuted Tuesday by President Donald Trump.
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office is reminding senior living companies and other organizations to include checks and balances in their financial processes to help ensure that fraud doesn’t occur, after a former employee of a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in the state allegedly stole at least $118,768 from the community where she worked.
Scammers hoping to separate older adults from their savings now appear to favor impersonating Social Security employees rather than IRS employees, suggests the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s 2020 “Fraud Book,” released Wednesday at a committee hearing.
Adults aged 80 or more years reported fraud and losses of $72 million in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
A New York otolaryngologist has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to resolve civil allegations that he and his practice paid kickbacks and submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs for services provided to residents of adult homes in violation of the False Claims Act.
The former business manager of a now-closed Michigan obstetrics / gynecology medical practice faces sentencing April 14 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, a felony, in relation to billing for services provided to assisted living residents.
Justice Department recovers more than $3 billion from False Claims Act cases in 2019 … Former Mrs. Florida sentenced to prison for using mother’s Social Security checks meant for memory care … New owners take over assisted living, rehab center where CEO opted not to be paid
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Philip Esformes had an expensive Thursday. That’s because the senior living operator was ordered to pay $44.2 million for his role in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme.
Adults aged 80 or more years have reported to the Federal Trade Commission median losses of $1,800 per person due to fraud so far this year, according to new data released Wednesday along with a report to Congress.
