Beth Jones Sanborn
The owner and manager of three home healthcare agencies, all located in the Miami area, has been convicted in a scheme that defrauded Medicare for $40 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
The Broward Health community is mourning the loss of its leader, President and CEO Dr. Nabil El Sanadi, who died Saturday after authorities say he shot himself in the lobby restroom of his condominium building.
Healthcare clinic operator Zoom+ is growing the list of specialized medical services they provide at their Advanced Care Studio in Portland, Oregon, with the addition of gynecology and dermatology services, the company announced in a statement.
Peconic Bay Medical Center, and its parent system PBMC Health, became full members of the newly-rebranded Northwell Health's system when their CEO's signed a partnership agreement making Peconic Bay Medical Center its 21st hospital, Northwell announced earlier this week.
Patricia Akamnonu kept a working Medicare group provider number for her agency for the purposes of submitting Medicare claims for home health services that either weren't needed or were never actually performed, authorities said.
A bill that would have levied new taxes, called "community contribution fees", on nonprofit hospitals in New Jersey died by pocket veto on Governor Chris Christie's desk on Tuesday, according to bill co-sponsor state Sen. Robert Singer.
431 hospitals have been recognized by the Women's Choice Award company as the Best In Obstetrics for 2016, the company announced Tuesday in a statement.
Sentencing continues for family members involved in a Medicare Part D fraud scheme that bilked the system for more than $20 million and saw its perpetrators using the funds to buy luxury cars and fund other businesses, said the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida.
Aria Health Systems, a major healthcare provider in Northeast Philadelphia and lower Bucks County, has settled two False Claims Act matters stemming from allegations that a cardiologist in their system performed unnecessary invasive procedures on patients and outpatients at its Torresdale facility. The second matter involves alleged violations of the False Claims Act related to overcompensation of physicians and overpayment for a trademark name while the provider was in the process of acquiring an orthopedic group in December 2012, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced in a December 23 statement.
The clinical director of a Massachusetts home nursing agency, along with the agency's co-conspiring owner and doctor who served as the agency's medical director, have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for healthcare fraud and other charges in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme, the FBI and U.S. Attorney's office announced in a Dec. 22 statement.