Jury selection begins in $1 billion fraud case against assisted living owner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2019
Jury selection began Monday for the trial of Philip Esformes, the owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud...
Federal prosecutors intend to retry Philip Esformes on healthcare fraud conspiracy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
Justice Department prosecutors informed a federal court judge on Monday of their intentions to retry convicted former Florida assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes on the main...
Judge tosses key evidence in $1 billion fraud case against ALF owner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
The owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme, scored a major victory in federal court Friday when...
Philip Esformes appealing $43 million in penalties stemming from fraud conviction
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
Former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes may have had his 20-year prison sentence for his role in “the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department”...
$50 million bond set in Philip Esformes’ healthcare fraud conspiracy retrial
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2021
A federal judge has set a $50 million surety bond for former Florida assisted living community and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes, who is awaiting retrial on healthcare fraud conspiracy...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...