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...
Philip Esformes pleads guilty to healthcare fraud, sentenced to time served
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2024
Former assisted living community and nursing home owner Philip Esformes pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud on Thursday and received a sentence of time served, ending a case the federal government at one...
Updated: Philip Esformes reaches plea deal with federal prosecutors on remaining charges in landmark...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2024
Philip Esformes, the assisted living community and nursing home owner charged in 2016 in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud case that the federal government at the time called “the largest healthcare fraud...
Supreme Court decision in Philip Esformes case opens path to retrial on 6 healthcare fraud charges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2023
Federal prosecutors will be able to retry Philip Esformes on six healthcare fraud charges after the US Supreme Court denied to hear an appeal on Monday from the former assisted living community and nursing...
Artificial intelligence ‘amplifying’ effect of scams against older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Last year, older Americans reported losing more than $1.6 billion to fraud. And increasingly, scammers are using artificial intelligence to make their schemes more effective.