MFCU efforts result in 20 convictions, $9.41 million in recoveries related to assisted living in FY 2023:...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2024
Efforts by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units resulted in a total of 20 criminal convictions and $9.41 million in criminal case recoveries related to assisted living in fiscal year 2023, according to a...
Fraudsters stole $280 billion+ in COVID-19 relief funding: analysis
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2023
More than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief meant for businesses and individuals intentionally was stolen by fraudsters, and another $123 billion was wasted or misspent, according to an Associated Press...
Business briefs, Nov. 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 21, 2022
Ventas receives ESG award for 6th year in a row … Watercrest chef recognized by Senior Dining Association … Labor Department recovers $1.2M in back wages for 599 home health workers … Unlicensed...
Federal crackdown uncovers $149 million in healthcare-related COVID-19 fraud
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 21, 2022
The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against 21 companies in nine federal districts for an alleged $149 million in pandemic-related healthcare fraud schemes.
More news for Friday, April 8
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
CBRE Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey identifies industry trends … Senior housing staffing shortages move from severe to moderate: NIC … CMS finalizes Medicare coverage policy for Alzheimer’s...
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 31
Aug 31, 2021
Groups request extension for vaccine mandate in Maine … Senior housing providers can take action to protect older adults from the end of eviction moratorium … Multiple defendants indicted in ‘grandparent...
Lawmaker pressures CMS on status of national quality measures for HCBS
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
The ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging is turning up the heat on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, asking the agency’s chief to describe its efforts to establish quality...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
Nursing homes previously sued for Medicare fraud received hundreds of millions in coronavirus relief...
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 05, 2020
For-profit nursing home operators that have faced accusations of Medicare fraud and kickbacks in recent years received more than $300 million in coronavirus relief payments, according to a Washington Post...
FTC warns that assisted living communities cannot take residents’ stimulus checks
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission is telling consumers to report assisted living communities and nursing homes to the federal government and to state attorneys general if facilities wrongly say they are entitled...