LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Arkansas AG) – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of a Pulaski County man by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Myron Thrash, 35, of Little Rock was arrested on one count of Medicaid … Read More
Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is costing 10 times as much to operate as it is in exposing waste, fraud and abuse in the federal health care program for the poor and disadvantaged, according to a new report from the … Read More
A Lincoln pharmacist tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to health care fraud, admitting he bilked Nebraska’s Medicaid program of $14.4 million in what is believed to be the largest such fraud Source: Lincoln pharmacist pleads guilty to possibly state’s biggest Medicaid … Read More
Bureaucracy can be a real killer. An 87-year-old Brooklyn woman found that out when she got a letter from the city’s Bureau of Fraud Investigation saying her Medicaid has been cut off — because she is dead. “I couldn’t believe … Read More
The most successful Medicare Fraud Strike Force sent health care scammers scurrying all over the country — but hasn’t come close to running out of cases on its own turf. The Southern District of Florida accounted for 18 percent of health care … Read More
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid fraud control unit and the Altamonte Springs Police Department said they arrested Orange County dentist Dr. Merys Downer-Garnette on Thursday. Downer-Garnetted is accused of billing double-billing for services not rendered, totaling more than $5,500 in … Read More
An Albany judge dismissed an indictment against a nurse charged in a Medicaid fraud, saying there was no evidence she knew that the owners of the facility she managed had falsely certified its regulatory compliance. Gelena Deverman, 35, was charged … Read More
A federal appeals court has upheld a $4.7 million jury verdict against two former officials in the Medicaid fraud unit of the state Attorney General’s office who were accused of presenting false evidence to a grand jury. A unanimous panel … Read More
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Vancouver dental office is accused of filing around $1 million in false and inflated Medicaid claims over the past five years, the state Attorney General’s office said.The civil lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges that doctors Liem … Read More
A three-year-old Washington state law that allows whistleblowers to bring Medicaid fraud lawsuits is working. That’s according to a review by legislative auditors that urges lawmakers to renew the law before it expires next year. Medicaid is a nearly $10 … Read More
PHOENIX — A prosecutor says an executive who oversaw procurement for the Arizona Medicaid program may have skimmed more than $10 million through an elaborate scheme over the past nine years.A judge on Thursday ordered 63-year-old Michael Veit held on … Read More
Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is defending the companies selected to manage the state’s $4.2 billion Medicaid program, despite reports that all four have been involved in high-priced fraud settlements, according to the Des Moines Register. Earlier this month, the … Read More
Another 100 Florida hospitals — 17 of which are in the Tampa Bay area — will be audited by the state to determine whether they’re receiving more in Medicaid payments than legally allowed, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. They join … Read More
Empire State Home Care Services has agreed to pay $6 million as part of a settlement with the New York state attorney general to resolve allegations of improper Medicaid billing. Source: Brooklyn Medicaid Fraud Case Settled
Acting state Comptroller Marc Larkins hired a friend to oversee the multimillion-dollar Medicaid Fraud Division, angering longtime employees who feared the perception of cronyism in the watchdog office, NJ Advance Media has learned. The Comptroller’s Office is intended to be … Read More
Fresh off a House Subcommittee hearing in which legislators grilled the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Part D fraud controls, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week noting that four state Medicaid programs spent $33 million in 2011 … Read More
SOUTHINGTON — A local dentist who resides in Southbury was arrested today for defrauding Medicaid, according to the Department of Justice. Thomas L. Derienzo, 58, of Bucks Hill Road, is accused of billing Medicaid for more expensive procedures than he … Read More
Newly released documents show the federal government attempted to collect $16.7 million from the state after alleging four New Mexico companies that provide in-home health care services didn’t comply with the rules for submitting Medicaid reimbursement claims. In June 2012, … Read More
The former CEO of Summit Point in Battle Creek is facing criminal charges for spending more than half a million dollars in public funds on a fortuneteller. Summit Pointe is a Community Mental Health Authority, contracted through the State, that … Read More
NEW YORK (AP) >> The owner of a Brooklyn medical supply business was sentenced to up to 21 years in prison in a Medicaid fraud scheme. Source: Medicaid scammer draws 7-21 years in prison
Alabama’s Medicaid fraud investigation unit collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from the trust fund accounts of dead nursing home and foster care residents until federal inspectors in 2012 told them to stop, a federal report shows. Source: Inspectors: Medicaid … Read More
As the Legislature gears up for Round 2 of its battle to pass a budget and figure out what to do about Medicaid expansion and health coverage for the poor, the Republicans in Tallahassee who want to sabotage Obamacare have … Read More
