July 07, 2008
… Cuomo Announces Sentencing Of Key Figure In Massive Medicaid Fraud Ring July 7, 2008 NEW YORK, NY (July 3, 2008) - … announced that one of the kingpins in charge of a massive Medicaid fraud ring was sentenced to three and a third to ten …
April 30, 2008
… Attorney General Cuomo Reports That 2007 Medicaid Fraud Recoveries Nearly Double Those Of 2006 April 30, 2008 … Annual Report of the New York State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), which was submitted to …
May 15, 2008
… Attorney General Cuomo, Nassau Co. D.a. Rice Announce First Medicaid Fraud Task Force Guilty Pleas May 15, 2008 HAPPAUGUE, N.Y. … to stealing over $314,000 from the state through false Medicaid billing schemes. The pleas are the first ones …
September 15, 2008
… Island University Hospital To Resolve Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud September 15, 2008 NEW YORK, NY (September 15, 2008) – … a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that SIUH defrauded the Medicaid program. Under the terms of the settlement, SIUH …
July 15, 2008
… Million Settlement With Bristol-myers Squibb To Resolve Medicaid Pharmaceutical Pricing And Marketing Fraud In New York State July 15, 2008 New York, N.Y. (July … Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit participated in a team from the …
October 16, 2008
… Cuomo Announces Indictment Of Long Island's Largest Medicaid Equipment Supplier For Bilking Medicaid Out Of Over $1 Million October 16, 2008 NEW YORK, NY … Assistant Attorney General James Clarke of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s Hauppauge Regional Office, assisted by …
November 18, 2008
… Employee For Stealing From Resident And Nurse For Billing Medicaid For A No-show Job November 18, 2008 ROCHESTER, N.Y. … a resident and a home-care nurse for allegedly billing Medicaid for services for sick children that she never … Attorney General Cuomo’s statewide investigations into fraud and abuse in the home health-care industry as well as …
July 08, 2008
… General Cuomo Announces Guilty Pleas From Wayne County Medicaid Transportation Company For Stealing Nearly $1 … S. Ebrahim, pleaded guilty to stealing $971,267 from Medicaid, and have agreed to pay full restitution to the … Jerry Solomon, Rochester Regional Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, assisted by Senior Special Investigator …
September 30, 2008
… Transportation Company For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Medicaid September 30, 2008 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (September 30, … transportation company and its owner for defrauding Medicaid out of nearly $1 million by filing false claims and … Jerry Solomon, Rochester Regional Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, assisted by Senior Special Investigator …
June 11, 2008
… Sheldon Silver Announce Landmark Legislation To Fight Fraud In The Home Health Care Industry And Provide Vital … agencies that employed aides and nurses and Medicaid recipients complicit in no-show billing schemes. In … that the aide did in fact complete the required training. Medicaid requires home health aides - who primarily care for …
April 17, 2008
… Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his industry-wide Medicaid fraud probe of the home health care industry has expanded … been ordered to repay nearly $14 million in restitution. “Medicaid fraud in all its forms remains a statewide problem, …
April 17, 2008
… Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his industry-wide Medicaid fraud probe of the home health care industry has expanded to … been ordered to repay nearly $14 million in restitution. “Medicaid fraud in all its forms remains a statewide problem, …
September 03, 2008
… a $35 million settlement with Healthfirst, the largest Medicaid Managed Care provider in New York State. AG Cuomo … Healthfirst's new management. The investigation by the AGs Medicaid Fraud Control Unit centered on Healthfirsts practice from …
May 01, 2008
… As a result, the indictment alleges these aides caused Medicaid to be billed at least $30 million for services they … themselves or entities they controlled of over $7 million. Medicaid requires home health aides – who primarily care for … to screen home health aides, and help to detect and deter fraud. A registry already exists for nurse aides that work in …
May 28, 2008
… paperwork to cover up his prior criminal background. “My Medicaid Fraud Control Unit continues to aggressively pursue abuses by … of suspected fraud to the Attorney General’s toll-free Medicaid Fraud Hotline, at 1-866-NYS-FIGHT (697-3444). …
May 15, 2008
… or suspect incidences of patient abuse or other types of Medicaid fraud to call the Medicaid fraud tip hotline at 1-866-NYS-FIGHT (697-3444). …
November 24, 2008
… who witness or suspect incidences of patient abuse or Medicaid fraud to call his office at 1-866-NYS-FIGHT (697-3444). The … Attorney General Paul Berry of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ("MFCU"). The investigation was …
October 21, 2008
… and rehabilitation homes. The Attorney General’s Medical Fraud Control Unit is leading the nation in employing this … or suspect incidences of patient abuse or other types of Medicaid fraud to call his office at 800-771-7755. The … are being handled by Attorney General Cuomo’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit under the supervision of Deputy …
April 30, 2008
… Year in Brief………………………………………………………………………………... 4 Provider Fraud Prosecutions and Civil Actions……………………………………………… 7 … the Annual Report for 2007 for the New York State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (“NYMFCU” or “the Unit”) to the … certificates by home health agencies, and the splitting of Medicaid money between recipients and aides with no-show …
May 01, 2008
… approximately $30 million lost by the New York State Medicaid program through fraud and deceit, together with treble damages, penalties, … and interest. 2. Defendants have sought to exploit the Medicaid program by causing Medicaid to pay for services that …
December 08, 2008
… Attorney General Laurie Frank of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Buffalo Regional Office and investigated … Special Deputy Attorney General Heidi Wendel, Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Senior Special Investigator …
September 29, 2008
… General Heidi Wendel, all of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). The investigation was conducted by …
September 15, 2008
… General Thomas N. Schleif of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Buffalo Regional Office. Senior Special …
September 30, 2008
… under the supervision of Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Syracuse Regional Director Ralph D. …
June 17, 2008
… Counsel Frank Hoare Special Deputy Attorney General for Medicaid Fraud Heidi Wendel Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice …
