Zvi Feiner, the former owner and CEO of a chain of Chicago-area and Missouri nursing homes, was charged with 10 counts of fraud for running an alleged Ponzi scheme worth millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Department of Justice is being accused of deploying a partisan attack in an effort to humiliate Democratic governors after it announced a potential probe into four state’s controversial nursing home policies.
Omnicare and parent company CVS Health earned a court victory this week after a federal appeals court agreed to dismiss a whistleblower’s False Claims Act lawsuit for an alleged kickback scheme.
A California-based skilled nursing operator, along with 27 of its affiliated facilities, accused of therapy upcoding is settling federal fraud allegations for $16.7 million.
Providers won’t be immune from potential federal investigations that arise from bad outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic, even though several states have agreed to protect them from future coronavirus-related civil lawsuits, a legal expert warned.
Providers shouldn’t assume that federal authorities will slow down enforcement efforts in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, they should expect authorities to “step up” enforcement efforts — and that includes its new National Nursing Home Initiative, according to one legal expert.
A skilled nursing operator accused of pressuring some therapists and managers to place all patients in the highest rehab payment classification, regardless of clinical needs, is settling federal fraud allegations for $10 million.
The Department of Justice has declined to intervene in a massive, seven-year-old False Claims Act case against HCR ManorCare, newly unsealed court documents show.
A Tennessee-based long-term care provider has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve claims that one of its facilities billed Medicare and Medicaid for “worthless services,” authorities announced on Thursday.
Healthcare fraud policies may undergo changes following a recently announced review of prosecution methods by the Department of Justice, according to some observers.
