$60 million Medicare fraud scheme involved assisted living communities, federal officials allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2017
Assisted living communities were provided remuneration, including certified nursing assistants to staff their facilities, for their participation in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme for which 16 individuals...
Assisted living owner loses $950,000 to lawyer’s misdeeds, bar association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2017
An owner of assisted living facilities in Florida has lost almost $950,000 after working with an attorney whom she entrusted to help with their sale, according to the Florida Bar Association, which petitioned...
Brookdale to pay almost $1 million to settle Emeritus claims
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living will pay $979,000 to settle claims that Emeritus Senior Living, which it purchased in 2014, failed to refund to the U.S. government overpayments it received for Medicaid services.
Woman gets 18 months after taking funds for ALF that never opened
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2016
A Tennessee woman who obtained state funds to renovate a home she said would become an assisted living facility but then used the money to upgrade the building for her daughter and herself has been sentenced...
New technologies can protect adults from fraud: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2016
New technologies can help protect older adults from fraud, according to two reports recently published by the World Economic Forum.
9 senior living communities involved in $3.9 million SEC fraud case get new owners
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2018
Nine Georgia and Alabama senior living communities that went into receivership last year after their owner was charged with fraud and had his assets frozen now have new owners.
Three sentenced for scheme that defrauded elderly of $16.6 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Three people who made more than $16 million after falsely telling older adults and others that the light-emitting medical devices they sold could safety and effectively treat diabetes, heart disease, emphysema,...
Financial assistant charged with defrauding assisted living residents of $288,000
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
A California woman was arraigned last week for defrauding two women for whom she had power of attorney and putting them at risk of eviction, the state attorney general announced Friday.
More news for Tuesday, June 6
Jun 06, 2017
Mexico emerges as lower-cost senior living option … Healthcare sector adds 24,300 jobs in May … ONC boss calls for single health record … Feds see drop in fraud recoveries … Democrats...
More news for Wednesday, Oct. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
EEOC issues updated COVID-19 guidance on religious exemptions … Senate confirms Douglas Parker as OSHA leader … Atria Senior Living, Holiday Retirement report near 100% staff vaccination … Best places...