Former SNF mogul ‘sold his patients like cattle,’ jurors told
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 14, 2019
One of the biggest Medicare fraud cases in history is underway this week as former Miami businessman Philip Esformes is judged by a jury.
Consortium building new SNF to combat state’s rising hospital diversions
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 08, 2024
A new $70 million skilled nursing facility takes aim squarely at alleviating the type of hospital patient discharge backlogs that have increasingly plagued healthcare providers across the US. Limited short-term...
Meet Lauren DiZio, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 08, 2024
Lauren DiZio, senior director of clinical operations at Innovive Health in Medford, MA, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Nursing home operators to face trial over kickback scheme
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Ashley Carman
Jul 26, 2013
Two nursing home operators are set to stand trial to face whistleblower allegations that Omnicare Inc. paid them kickbacks during its purchase of Total Pharmacy.
Convicted long-term care mogul ordered to pay $44M for billion-dollar fraud scheme
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Danielle Brown
Nov 21, 2019
Convicted long-term care businessman Philip Esformes has been ordered to pay a total of $44.2 million for his role in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme that ran through his network of nursing homes.
Judge scolds prosecutors in Esformes record $1 billion fraud case, tosses key evidence
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 15, 2018
Federal prosecutors — aiming to take down the alleged perpetrator of one of the largest Medicare fraud schemes in history — may have been dealt a blow on Friday.
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Former hospital director, physician’s assistant plead guilty in $1 billion Esformes fraud case
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
Two major players in a billion-dollar nursing home-related fraud case have pled guilty and could face years in prison.
Hundreds of strangers attend, provide services at funeral of veteran abandoned at nursing home
By
Eliza Mattson
Jul 03, 2024
When nursing homes find themselves with a deceased resident whom family and friends do not lay claim to, there can still be a heartwarming outcome.
$125 million SNF settlement contributes to $1 billion bump in fraud recoveries
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Jan 20, 2017
The $125 million settlement by Kindred Healthcare Inc. and a $30 million settlement with North American Health Care over therapy claims are counted among recoupments by the federal government that totaled...