Fraud

The 2014 sale of two home health agencies by a national senior living provider is at the center of a recent $17 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act kickback allegations.

The COVID-19 pandemic gave scammers an opportunity to use new tactics to defraud older adults, including illegal robocalls, texts and emails, and social media posts.

A massive federal crackdown on healthcare fraud in Florida last week snared 52 providers including home healthcare firms.

The former owner of a now-shuttered Richmond, VA, assisted living community pleaded guilty Wednesday to healthcare fraud after reportedly using more than $823,000 in federal and state benefits intended...

An El Paso, TX, woman and her nephew were arrested last week on healthcare fraud charges for using senior living residents to submit fraudulent Medicare claims.

Groups request extension for vaccine mandate in Maine … Senior housing providers can take action to protect older adults from the end of eviction moratorium … Multiple defendants indicted in ‘grandparent...

Assisted living director pleads not guilty to charge in connection to fatal fire … Senior living community to offer dementia training to first responders … Operator commissions independent investigation...

A federal judge has set a $50 million surety bond for former Florida assisted living community and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes, who is awaiting retrial on healthcare fraud conspiracy...

Two senior living caregivers have been charged with abuse and exploitation for allegedly stealing a resident’s identity and debit card and then abandoning the resident on the side of the road on a “particularly...

Jon Michael Harder, the former CEO of Sunwest Management, must repay $79.5 million in restitution to investors he was found guilty of defrauding, even though his prison sentence was commuted in a last-minute...