SNF owner led record $1 billion Medicare fraud ring, authorities say
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2016
The owner of more than 30 Miami-area nursing homes and assisted living facilities has been charged with leading a national record $1 billion-plus Medicare fraud scheme.
Federal judge sets $50 million bond for Esformes in fraud retrial
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
Bond was set at $50 million by a federal judge on Friday for a convicted former skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes being retried on unresolved Medicare fraud charges.
‘Parasite’ Esformes convicted in $1.3B nursing home fraud, could face remaining years in prison
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 08, 2019
Florida long-term care business mogul Philip Esformes faces the possibility of decades in prison after being convicted Friday in the largest healthcare fraud scheme ever charged by the U.S. Justice Department.
Court upholds $1.3 billion Esformes nursing home fraud verdict, $44 million penalties
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 09, 2023
Convicted former nursing home chain operator Philip Esformes had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Trump in 2020, but a federal appeals court ruled Fridhe will still be liable for $44 million...
Updated: Philip Esformes reaches plea deal on remaining charges in $1.3B fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2024
Philip Esformes, the disgraced nursing home and assisted living community owner charged in a record $1.3 billion healthcare fraud case in 2016, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors on outstanding charges...
Nursing home operators settle Omnicare kickback case for $5 million
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 08, 2013
Two former nursing home executives have agreed to pay $5 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit involving long-term care pharmacy giant Omnicare Inc., according to the Chicago Tribune.
Nursing home operators to face trial over kickback scheme
By
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.
Former hospital director, physician’s assistant plead guilty in $1 billion Esformes fraud case
By
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.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 16
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 16, 2022
DOJ plans to retry fallen nursing home owner Philip Esformes despite Trump commutation … Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at American Senior Communities … Questions on monkeypox in LTC?...