Prison
Overflow crowd sees former American Senior Communities CEO get 9½ years for $19 million fraud, kickback schemes
July 02, 2018A U.S. District Court judge leaned closer to prosecuting attorneys' recommendations than defense attorneys' on Friday and sentenced former nursing home executive James Burkhart to 9½-years in prison before an overflow crowd in Indianapolis.
Podiatrists face up to 10 years in prison for LTC fraud
December 05, 2017Two Florida podiatrists pleaded guilty last week to allegations that they defrauded Medicare while providing services to long-term care residents.
Nursing home CEO who spent Medicaid funds at strip clubs sentenced to prison
October 11, 2017The former CEO of a shuttered Missouri skilled nursing facility has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for embezzling $667,000 in Medicaid funds and using it for personal expenses including strippers and a country club membership.
SNF nurse impostor sentenced to 14 months, $34,000 in restitution
October 05, 2017A 43-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to prison time after she lied about her credentials and posed as a nurse at five different healthcare facilities, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Emerging state approach to long-term care gives 'criminal intent' a whole new meaning
June 09, 2014States are beginning to consider a bizarre new long-term care strategy that has many providers rightfully concerned.
SNF that kept prison inmates constituted 'immediate jeopardy' for residents, state says
January 02, 2013An Oklahoma nursing home was slapped with $168,000 in fines after taking in jailed inmates following a prison riot.
Nursing home owner sentenced to years in prison, fined $5.8 million for payroll tax evasion
March 08, 2011A Kansas-based nursing home proprietor is set to spend the next three-and-a-half years in jail after admitting to evading payroll taxes from 2001 to 2005.
