Kickbacks

A California skilled nursing facility run by the state’s largest nursing owner has, in conjunction with its management firm, agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle kickback allegations brought by a whistleblower.

Nursing home lawsuits contest $20 million cap on pandemic-related loans … Former nursing home owner, admin settle claims they paid kickbacks for referrals, changed patients’ insurance … GAO updates...

On September 8, 2021, the Department of Justice, in connection with the Office of Inspector General, announced a settlement of $17 million against a home health agency that purchased two home health agencies...

A 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...

Chicago home health owner sentenced to 18 months in cash-for-patients scheme … Landmark trial shows opioids have no pain-relieving advantage … Many Type 2 diabetics can relax their blood sugar...

Psychiatrists, marketer pushed patients to home health company for kickbacks, feds say … More Wisconsin nursing homes closing due to low reimbursement, advocates say … Families of skilled nursing...

Long-term care pharmacy giant Omnicare agreed to pay a total of $31 million in May to settle allegations it submitted false claims and accepted kickbacks to promote certain drugs.

A North Carolina pharmacy services company agreed Wednesday to pay a $5 million civil fine to settle federal anti-kickback violations alleged to have occurred under prior ownership, the U.S. Attorney’s...

The former chair of a National Quality Forum safety committee has agreed to pay a $1 million civil fine to settle allegations he violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and accepting kickbacks, according...

A Chicago psychiatrist has been stripped of his medical license over charges that he received kickbacks and overprescribed antipsychotic drug clozapine to nursing home residents.