Adults 80+ have higher median reported losses from fraud than other age groups — by far
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2019
Adults aged 80 or more years have reported to the Federal Trade Commission median losses of $1,800 per person due to fraud so far this year, according to new data released Wednesday along with a report...
Senator sets Nov. 1 deadline for answers about Social Security scams
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 18, 2019
Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul has until Nov. 1 to answer several questions from the chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging about what the administration is doing to protect older...
Senior living business manager, caregiver sentenced in separate fraud cases
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2019
In separate cases on opposite sides of the country, former senior living employees have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay restitution for stealing money from residents.
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Oct 08, 2019
Managing care of residents with dementia? There’s an app for that … 4 children searched for — and found — missing resident with dementia … Justice Department, AARP, Oak Ridge Boys launch...
Fraudulent health screenings, activities programming targeting elderly cost government billions, Justice...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2019
In one case, 35 defendants associated with dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer genetic testing laboratories fraudulently billed Medicare more than $2.1 billion for cancer genetic tests that “capitalized...
Manslaughter, $2.1 million in Medicaid fraud among 76 charges filed against assisted living facility...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2019
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he is “aggressively prosecuting” cases against the former owner and nine former managers or employees of a now-closed assisted living facility who have...
Long-term care investment company executive agrees to pay $2.25 million to settle fraud charges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 25, 2019
A Chicago businessman and his company have agreed to pay more than $2.25 million to settle charges against him without admitting or denying that he defrauded investors in the Orthodox Jewish community...
North Dakota becomes final state with Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2019
North Dakota has become the final state to have a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The entities investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and resident / patient abuse and neglect in assisted living...
Philip Esformes sentenced to 20 years in prison in healthcare fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2019
Former Florida assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a case that the federal government continues to describe as “the...
Government efforts aim to protect older adults from scams
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 18, 2019
Several bills under consideration in Congress aim to protect older adults and others from robocalls, the second-most reported complaint to the Senate Special Aging Committee’s Fraud Hotline last year,...