ASC’s former CEO sentenced to 9.5 years in federal prison for role in $19.4 million fraud scheme
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
Former American Senior Communities CEO James Burkhart was sentenced Friday to 9 1/2 years in prison for his role in what U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler described as a “massive fraud, kickback and...
Attorneys general seek to expand search for Medicaid abuse and neglect cases
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Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2017
Thirty-eight attorneys general asked Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., Wednesday for a policy change that would allow them to investigate and prosecute a wider range of abuse and neglect...
Median loss to fraud higher for adults in their 80s than for any other age group: FTC
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2021
Adults 80 or older who made fraud reports to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network, or who had reports made on their behalf, lost a median of $1,300 to fraud in 2020, according to...
New technologies can protect adults from fraud: reports
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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.
IRS impersonation scams top complaint to Senate Aging Committee fraud hotline for fourth year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 17, 2019
For the fourth consecutive year, in 2018, IRS impersonation scams were the top type of scams reported to the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s fraud hotline, according to the committee, which released...
Podiatrist to pay $966,000 for fraudulent assisted living billing
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Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2019
An Arizona podiatrist has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $965,985 in restitution to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services after he admitted submitting false claims for...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Criminal recoveries for Medicaid fraud in assisted living top $1 million again due to case discovered...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2021
Fallout from a Medicaid fraud case discovered because of a murder at an assisted living community had an outsized effect on fraud-related criminal monetary recoveries by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units...
Assisted living owner pleads guilty to $512,000 employment tax fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 25, 2019
The former owner of three California assisted living facilities has pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully failing to account for and pay $512,000 in federal employment taxes.
Win against fraud with these 4 approaches
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2017
The Jamaican lottery scam and other sweepstakes schemes are alive and well. So how do you help your residents avoid becoming victims? Read on.