April 12, 2005
… Medicaid Fraud Unit Reports Record Financial Recoveries April 12, 2005 … announced a record level of recoveries for the states Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). In 2004, MFCU recovered more than …
December 05, 2005
… Pharmacy Owner Receives Jail In Medicaid Fraud December 5, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer announced … owner was sentenced to jail for stealing $257,000 from the Medicaid program. On November 30, 2005, Maher Ishak, owner of …
December 09, 2005
… Port Chester Pharmacy Owner Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud December 9, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer today … years in prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the Medicaid program and from the Village of Port Chester by …
October 17, 2005
… Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Recovers $171 Million October 17, 2005 … agreed to pay $171 million for losses to New York States Medicaid program. This resolves allegations that Serono … States Department of Justice ("DOJ"). New Yorks Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ("MFCU") led the states investigation and …
December 29, 2005
… Suit Alleges Fraud By Long Island Medicaid Service Provider December 29, … Island home health care company accused of defrauding the Medicaid program. The lawsuit alleges that Nurses On Hand …
July 20, 2005
… To Pass Legislation Aimed At Rooting Out Incidents Of Medicaid Fraud July 20, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer today sent … Services to amend Federal Regulation that prohibits State Medicaid Fraud Control Units from engaging in basic …
December 05, 2005
… Albany Oncologists To Repay Medicaid $1.2 Million December 5, 2005 Attorney General … to settle a lawsuit that the group improperly billed Medicaid for physician-administered drugs. According to the … a project undertaken by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ("MFCU") to review physician drug …
November 21, 2005
… State Medicaid Probe Obtains $7 Million Repayment November 21, 2005 … of an investigation whether it had improperly billed Medicaid for services rendered to residents in adult homes. … an investigation by the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ("MFCU") which found that Americare had …
September 27, 2005
… New York City Nursing Home To Repay Medicaid $2.3 Million September 27, 2005 Attorney General … million to settle claims that the nursing home had billed Medicaid for services provided to Medicaid patients on dates … cooperated with the investigation, by Spitzer's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). That audit revealed that Terence …
September 28, 2005
… Erie County Nursing Home Sued For Medicaid Overpayments September 28, 2005 Attorney General … has commenced litigation to recover nearly $1 million in Medicaid overpayments made to an Erie County long-term home … expenditure of taxpayer funds even in the absence of fraud," Spitzer said. "My Office is committed to policing the …
March 24, 2005
… Bronx Dentist Admits To Billing Medicaid For Treating Dead Patient March 24, 2005 Attorney … in the Bronx, pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing Medicaid for dental services rendered to a patient who had … Dr. Nadi is part of the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Units ongoing investigation of the provision …
June 27, 2005
… Port Chester Pharmacy Owner Admits To $600,000 Fraud June 27, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer announced today … to stealing more than $600,000 by fraudulently billing the Medicaid program and the Village of Port Chester for … to have made civil and criminal restitution to the Medicaid program in the sum of $489,973 and criminal …
April 28, 2005
… Wny Pharmacies Pay State $6.7 Million To Settle Medicaid Probes April 28, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer today … mostly in Western New York, to resolve allegations of Medicaid overbilling and billing irregularities. As a result … state’s Medicaid program $959,769 to settle allegations of fraud and regulatory violations in billing for prescription …
August 29, 2005
… Social Worker Sentenced To Jail For Stealing $274,000 From Medicaid And Medicare August 29, 2005 Attorney General … five years probation for stealing nearly $275,000 from the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Levy pleaded guilty on June … Degree. As part of a plea agreement with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Levy repaid taxpayers $274,431 in …
May 18, 2005
… State Recovers $76.5 Million In Medicaid Overpayments From Staten Island University Hospital … allegations that the hospital fraudulently overbilled the Medicaid program for services provided at 21 clinics and that … investigation conducted by the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. According to a Complaint, filed yesterday …
September 27, 2005
… County Transportation Owner Admits Stealing $400,000 From Medicaid September 27, 2005 Attorney General Spitzer today … has admitted to stealing more than $400,000 from the Medicaid program by fraudulently billing for hundreds of … of the Pearl River Regional Office of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Special Auditor Investigator assigned …
August 25, 2005
… State Collects $4.2 Million For Medicaid Program From Sale Of Pennsylvania Nursing Home Once … Athens, Pennsylvania, which provides care to many New York Medicaid patients. The proceeds of the sale, $4.2 million, … the State and to the counties. In 2004, Spitzers Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) pursued both criminal and civil …
August 31, 2005
… Strong Memorial Hospital Pays $492,000 To Settle Medicaid And Medicare Probes August 31, 2005 Attorney General … probes into improper billing. Both the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) and the Health and Human Services …
April 07, 2005
… Owner Of Unlicensed Home Care Agency Gets Jail For $95,000 Fraud Involving Long Island Child April 7, 2005 Attorney … restitution, including interest, of $121,000 to the state Medicaid program prior to sentencing. By pleading guilty to … October 1997 and February 2002, she falsely certified to Medicaid that she had personally provided services to a …
September 28, 2005
… in Norcross, Georgia, agreed to pay the New York State Medicaid Program more than $239,000 for selling used durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients while claiming that the equipment was … Assistant Attorney General Thom O'Hanlon of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's Pearl River Regional Office headed the …
July 01, 2005
… admitted to stealing nearly $275,000 from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by billing for therapeutic services he … fraudulent claims for payment to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including billing for services he did not … Assistant Attorney General Thom O'Hanlon, of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's Pearl River Regional Office, prosecuted …
November 07, 2005
… years incarceration for stealing nearly $550,000 from the Medicaid program by billing for services she had not provided … office. Louis-Charpentier provided services to several Medicaid recipients, including a 6-year-old wheelchair-bound … Island Regional Office of the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), prosecuted the criminal case. …
October 03, 2005
… nurse, who was paid to provide home health care to several Medicaid recipients, including a 6-year-old wheelchair-bound … has pleaded guilty to stealing from taxpayers by billing Medicaid for services she never provided as claimed. … Island Regional Office of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), is prosecuting the criminal case. …
May 23, 2005
… social worker on charges of defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs of more than $100,000 by billing for … fraudulent claims for payment to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In particular, the grand jury charged Levy … Assistant Attorney General Thom OHanlon, of the Medicaid Fraud Control Units Pearl River Regional Office, is …
September 29, 2005
… offices commitment to recovering losses from health care fraud for both New York State taxpayers and the taxpayers of … Deborah Nathan of the New York City Regional Office of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Special Investigator James … Supervising Auditor Investigator Thomasina Smith of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and Deputy Inspector General Lisa …
