July 30, 2007
… Cuomo Seeks $8.8 Million From Westchester Medicaid Frauds July 30, 2007 ALBANY, NY (July 30, 2007) – … for money laundering in connection with a $2.8 million Medicaid fraud for which they are already under indictment; and a …
March 14, 2007
… Rochester Nurse Admits Over $70,000 In Medicaid Fraud March 14, 2007 ALBANY, NY (March 14, 2007) – Attorney … nurse pled guilty to receiving over $70,000 in Medicaid funds for private nursing services that she never …
April 17, 2007
… Cuomo Announces Heidi Wendel To Be Chief Of The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (mfcu) April 17, 2007 NEW YORK, NY (April … Wendel will begin as the new Deputy Attorney General for Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). Wendel previously served …
January 08, 2007
… Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Takes Action To Crack Down On Medicaid Fraud January 8, 2007 NEW YORK, NY (January 8, … today initiated a critical first step in cracking down on Medicaid fraud and recovering stolen taxpayer funds as …
January 16, 2007
… Andrew Cuomo Announces County-state Task Force To Fight Medicaid Fraud January 16, 2007 MINEOLA, NY (January 16, 2007) -- … of the task force will be to identify suspected cases of Medicaid fraud for possible prosecution. The partnership will …
May 14, 2007
… Area Nurse And Certified Nurse Aide Sentenced To Jail For Medicaid Fraud And Endangerment May 14, 2007 ALBANY, NY (May 14, 2007) … health care workers were sentenced to jail time for Medicaid fraud and for endangering a patient in two separate …
June 26, 2007
… Attorney General Cuomo's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Takes Action Against Brooklyn Physician … to practice medicine for the purposes of defrauding Medicaid is an unethical – and illegal – act. Fraudulent …
July 08, 2007
… L.i. Woman Gets Jail For $1.7m Medicaid Fraud; Home Care Aide Charged With Billing For Services Never … today announced two more actions in his ongoing pursuit of Medicaid frauds and scammers, as one black-market …
October 01, 2007
… Attorney Rice Charge Li Home Care Agency Operators With Medicaid Fraud, Wide Range Of Financial Crimes October 1, 2007 … home care agency operator and an associate for a litany of Medicaid-related crimes that were committed to bankroll …
February 09, 2007
… Port Chester Medical Transportation Company To Reimburse Medicaid $503,000 February 9, 2007 NEW YORK, NY (February 9, … has agreed to reimburse $503,795 to the New York State Medicaid Program. Bates Ambulette, which specializes in … investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit revealed that from January 1, 1998 through …
October 25, 2007
… Ag Cuomo's 'operation Home Alone' Arrests 19 In Medicaid Scam October 25, 2007 NEW YORK, NY (October 25, … with "Operation Home Alone," the sweeping investigation of fraud in the home health industry. The arrests include 16 … nurses and a home care patient alleged to have defrauded Medicaid through improper billing and no-show jobs. Home …
June 26, 2007
… Medicaid Service Coordinator Pleads Guilty To Stealing … Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the conviction of a Medicaid Service Coordinator who was unqualified to perform … reported this to OMRDD and the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit commenced an audit-investigation, which …
April 12, 2007
… County Nursing Home Owner Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Medicaid Of Millions Of Dollars April 12, 2007 April 12, 2007 … owner of two Bronx County nursing homes who defrauded the Medicaid program of millions of dollars by overcharging for … in order to settle all claims pending against him for his fraud, including those seeking additional monetary damages in …
March 13, 2007
… Nurse Sentenced For Home Health Care Scam That Defrauded Medicaid March 13, 2007 NEW YORK, NY (March 13, 2007) – … nurse was sentenced to prison for fraudulently billing Medicaid for home care to a severely disabled child that was … that the child’s mother, Maria Ortiz, was involved in the fraud, as she received kickbacks from Gilles. When confronted …
August 27, 2007
… Nets Convictions Of Leaders Of $12 Million Home Care Fraud August 27, 2007 Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s industry-wide crackdown on fraudulent Medicaid home care providers has resulted in the convictions … agency (LHCSA) and its principals who stole millions from Medicaid by employing unqualified, uncertified home health …
March 28, 2007
… Doctor Who Wrote Hundreds Of Illegal Prescriptions To Medicaid Recipients Indicted On Multiple Charges March 28, … had a reputation as source for dangerous narcotics among Medicaid recipients from Montauk to Manhattan. His actions … being conducted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and various city, state and federal …
August 22, 2007
… of ten home health aides, two registered nurses, and a Medicaid recipient, as his office continues to widen its … aggressive pursuit of those who would defraud New York’s Medicaid system – and taxpayers – for personal gain. “Medicaid fraud impacts every New Yorker – driving up income and …
August 23, 2007
… as part of a widespread and elaborate scheme to defraud Medicaid of millions of dollars. “The audacity displayed by … only by the severity of the damage they’ve done to the Medicaid system and the risk they've imposed on the patients … qualified,” Attorney General Cuomo said. “This wholesale fraud is emblematic of the breadth of the problems our …
June 11, 2007
… also charged. “Whether it is false billing, prescription fraud or illegitimate timesheets: it is theft – plain and … fraud of all types. Individuals who steal from the Medicaid program or facilities receiving Medicaid funds and fail to perform needed services are a …
August 20, 2007
… NEW YORK, NY (August 20, 2007) – In an effort to rein in fraud in New York’s home health care industry, Attorney … for repair.” In recent months, the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has uncovered several home health … with no required state accreditations – and causing Medicaid to be billed for their work. The resulting …
March 14, 2007
… hundreds of thousands of dollars in medically unnecessary Medicaid billings. The doctor, Michael Chait, M.D., 46, wrote … OxyContin, a synthetic form of morphine, and Dilaudid – to Medicaid recipients who traveled from New York City to his … being conducted jointly by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New …
March 19, 2007
… vulnerable residents at risk and squanders millions of Medicaid dollars that were unknowingly spent on black market … A. Stingley and Glenn M. Jones of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit under supervision of Unit Chief Monica …
August 06, 2007
… contracts to provide or arrange for health services to Medicaid and Family Health Plus (FHP) patients. Duplicate … than one Client Identification Number (CIN) for the same Medicaid or FHP recipient had been erroneously assigned. “The … General Bonnie Stein of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s New York City Regional Office and …
September 25, 2007
… the distribution network model a newly discovered form of fraud in the multibillion dollar industry. According to … - to gain employment with agencies that billed Medicaid over $1 million for their work. Charged were Bronx … its two managers that employed the aides and nurses, and a Medicaid recipient complicit in a no-show billing scheme. In …
January 31, 2007
… tools to help the Attorney General’s Office combat Medicaid fraud. His budget includes a False Claims Act to empower … couldn’t come at a better time, because New York’s Medicaid program is now facing millions of dollars of federal …
