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August 27, 2007
Operation Home Alone' Nets Convictions Of Leaders Of $12 Million Home Care Fraud
… 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 …
August 22, 2007
Operation 'home Alone' Nets Crooked Aides, Nurses, Patient
… 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
Two Home Health Aide Certification School Operators Plead Guilty To Supplying Hundreds Of False Credentials
… 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 …
August 20, 2007
Cuomo Initiates Sweeping Audit Of Home Care Providers
… 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 …
August 06, 2007
Attorney General Cuomo Announces Recovery Of Approximately $7 Million From Managed Care Providers
… 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 …
August 20, 2007
Columbia County Nurse Arrested; Injured Patient, Concealed Actions
… 20, 2007) – Agents of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today arrested a former nurse at Whittier … General Thomas N. Schleif of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Albany Regional Office, under the …
August 13, 2007
Cuomo Announces Former Jennifer Matthew Aide Pleads Guilty For Neglecting Bedridden Patient
… will continue to protect vulnerable patients and ensure Medicaid dollars go to quality patient care.” This patient … hidden in the patient’s room by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigators. The cameras were hidden …
August 06, 2007
Nurse Charged With Restraining, Injuring Elderly Resident At Chautauqua County Nursing Home
… 6, 2007) Agents of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested and arraigned a former nurse at … Special Deputy Attorney General Heidi Wendel, Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Senior Special Investigator …

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