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New Jersey Comptroller’s Medicaid Fraud Report Regarding Two Nursing Homes

June 16, 2026

The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) conducted an in-depth investigation into the operations of two nursing homes, Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (Hammonton) and Deptford Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (Deptford), focusing on a five-and-a-half-year perio[...]

Investigation Uncovers Massive Medicaid Scam At Two New Jersey Nursing Homes

January 27, 2026

The Office of the State Comptroller finds Hammonton and Deptford nursing home owners and associates diverted millions as residents suffered and should repay $124 million: The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has conducted an in-depth investigation into the operations of two nursing h[...]

President Trump Grants Pardon To Nursing Homes Owner Convicted In $39M Employment Tax Fraud Scheme

January 15, 2026

On November 14, 2025, President Trump granted clemency (full and unconditional pardon) to Joseph Schwartz, who had been sentenced to three years imprisonment and had served three months of the sentence. The Grand Jury Indictment stated, in part: Defendant JOSEPH SCHWARTZ (“SCHWARTZ”), an[...]

Nursing Home Chain Agrees To Pay $6M To Settle False Cost Reports Allegations

August 23, 2025

According to the June 17, 2025 Settlement Agreement (Agreement) reached between the United States of America and the Centers for Care LLC, d/b/a Centers Healthcare (Centers) along with 44 skilled nursing facilities: Centers is a limited liability company organized under New York law. Centers is rela[...]

Nonprofit And Affiliated Nursing Homes Agree To Pay $3.61M To Resolve False Claims Act Liability

August 2, 2025

American Health Foundation (AHF), its affiliate AHF Management Corporation, and three affiliated nursing homes — Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Cheltenham), The Sanctuary at Wilmington Place (Wilmington Place), and Samaritan Care Center and Villa (Samaritan) — have agreed to pay[...]

UnitedHealthcare Responds To Article Claiming Payments Made To Nursing Homes To Reduce Hospital Transfers

July 25, 2025

UnitedHealthcare’s Response To May 21, 2025 Article Appearing In The Guardian [see yesterday’s Blog article]: Statement from UnitedHealthcare “The U.S. Department of Justice investigated these allegations, interviewed witnesses, and obtained thousands of documents that demonstrated[...]

The Guardian Reports That UnitedHealth Group Paid Nursing Homes To Reduce Hospital Transfers

July 24, 2025

In an article appearing in The Guardian on May 21, 2025 entitled, “Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers,” The Guardian stated: UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in [...]

Former Owner Of Nursing Homes Throughout U.S. Sentenced To 36 Months For $38 Million Tax Fraud Scheme

June 10, 2025

A New York man was sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country. Joseph Schwartz, 65, of Suffern, New York, previously pled guilty to two counts of an indictment charging him with willfully fa[...]

$45M Settlement For New York Nursing Homes Fraud, Neglect

January 13, 2025

New York’s Attorney General announced on November 14, 2024 a settlement with four New York nursing homes managed by Centers for Care, LLC (“Centers”) that will require them to pay $45 million and address years of resident mistreatment and neglect. The Office of the Attorney General[...]

$35.8M Awarded In Back Wages After Investigation Found Nursing Homes Wage Theft

October 2, 2024

The U. S. Department of Labor announced on July 30, 2024 that a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers employed by the operators of 15 residential skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facil[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Nursing Home Did Not Violate Benefits Conversion Statute

December 22, 2023

A former employee of a nursing home brought a qui tam action against Catholic Health System of Long Island (“CHS”) alleging that CHS and certain of its affiliates falsely certified their compliance with federal law in violation of the federal False Claims Act and in violation of N[...]

New York Sues Owners/Operators Of Four Nursing Homes For Financial Fraud/Resident Neglect

November 7, 2023

The New York Attorney General announced on June 28, 2023 a lawsuit filed against the owners, operators, and landlords of four nursing homes. The lawsuit alleges years of repeated and persistent fraud and illegally misusing more than $83 million in taxpayer money that resulted in significant resident[...]

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