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Byline: Patrick Malone, The New Mexican Last year's shake-up of behavioral health providers in New Mexico drew comparisons to the Salem witch trials and injustices perpetrated by rulers of the [...]

Byline: Brian Bowling Oct. 10--An Ontario-based nursing home company with facilities in Western Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $38 million to settle claims that it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid. [...]

Byline: MICHAEL PHILLIS, STATE HOUSE BUREAU Three people have been charged with defrauding Medicaid out of about $70,000 while they worked at a home health care agency based in Hackensack, [...]

Byline: Journal Record Staff OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Scott Pruitt has filed charges in Oklahoma County District Court against a licensed professional counselor after investigators found false claims for [...]

For nearly five years, a state contractor allowed workers with limited expertise to approve dental claims for Texas' Medicaid program, the joint state-federal insurer. State spending on orthodontic services spiraled [...]

He called himself ''A.T.M.,'' a nickname that matched his initials, but also his habit of spending thousands of dollars on expensive clothes for himself and on gifts for his friends [...]

Byline: Portsia Smith April 23--An Orange County man will serve three years in prison for a yearlong scheme that defrauded the Medicaid system of more than $18,000. James H. Fincham [...]

A major legal settlement with a children's health provider in hand, a Texas agency investigating health care fraud says its ramped-up efforts to rein in faulty Medicaid charges have started [...]

Byline: George Hesselberg Feb. 05--A Milwaukee man who collect thousands of dollars in Medicaid money from the state for various unneeded medical devices has been convicted of fraud and will [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Bowie, Md., couple of orchestrating a multi-year campaign to defraud D.C. Medicaid of more than $80 million between 2009 [...]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The following information was released by the office of the Arkansas Attorney General: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced today that a Craighead County woman has [...]

LITTLE ROCK -- The following information was released by the office of the Arkansas Attorney General: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced today that a Poinsett County woman has been [...]

ATLANTA, GA -- The following information was released by the office of the Georgia Attorney General: On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, a Richmond County Grand Jury charged Carl Anthony Wardlaw, [...]

INDEPENDENCE -- The following information was released by the Kansas Office of the Attorney General: A Madison woman was ordered today to pay more than $10,000 in restitution related to [...]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The following information was released by the office of the Nevada Attorney General: Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Nathanial Davis, 39, of [...]

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The following information was released by the Kansas Office of the Attorney General: A Kansas City, Kan., man was ordered last week to pay restitution related [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The following information was released by the office of the Florida Attorney General: Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced the sentencing of Robert Patrick Garcia, 39, for [...]

ATLANTA, GA -- The following information was released by the office of the Georgia Attorney General: On Monday, June 23, 2015, Della Upshaw of Columbus, Ga., pleaded guilty in Muscogee [...]

ATLANTA, GA -- The following information was released by the office of the Georgia Attorney General: On Thursday, June 11, 2015, a Henry County Grand Jury charged Casandra Jones, Fredrick [...]

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Hundreds Arrested Nationwide for Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Hundreds of people have been charged after [...]

Greensboro, NC -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina: United States Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District [...]

PIERRE, SD -- The following information was released by the office of the South Dakota Attorney General: Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Shawn Earl Nills, 42, Madison, was [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- The following information was released by the Missouri Attorney General: Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that three individuals from Salem have been charged with multiple [...]

The OIG has released its Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report, which highlights statistical achievements of the 50 MFCUs nationwide, along with related OIG oversight activities. [...]

MONTGOMERY, Ala -- The following information was released by the office of the Alabama Attorney General: Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest of Lula Jones Bridges, 58, of Notasulga. [...]

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The following information was released by the office of the Rhode Island Attorney General: Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Priscilla Pascale (age 54), of Barrington, [...]

FRANKFORT, KY -- The following information was released by the office of the Kentucky Attorney General: Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Medicaid Fraud today announce the guilty [...]

A former healthcare worker pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud following an investigation by the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office. John Edward Karis, of Yukon, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The following information was released by the office of the Oklahoma Attorney General: A former healthcare worker pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud following an investigation by [...]

FRANKFORT, KY -- The following information was released by the office of the Kentucky Attorney General: Attorney General Jack Conway and his Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control Unit announce the [...]

BALTIMORE, MD -- The following information was released by the Maryland Attorney General: Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Paul Anthony Robb, 53, of Bladensburg, was indicted by [...]

New York City, NY -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Southern District of New York (212) 637-2600 Preet Bharara, [...]

CHARLOTTE, NC -- The following information was released by the Charlotte Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson, 37, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 30 months [...]

CHARLOTTE, NC -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina: Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson, 37, of Charlotte, was sentenced today [...]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The following information was released by the office of the Arkansas Attorney General: A Pulaski County woman accused of improperly billing the state's Medicaid program pleaded [...]

OLYMPIA, WA -- The following information was released by the office of the Washington Attorney General: The Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit filed a lawsuit today against a Wenatchee-based [...]

Byline: Marcus K. Garner, Veronica Fields Johnson, Karen Huppertz Derrell Jackson and Shayla Darrington-Jackson were indicted last week in Gwinnett County for Medicaid fraud and in Fulton County for tax [...]