Mike Nolan reports: A suburban physician was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly pocketing nearly $1 million in payments from Medicare and a private insurer for nonexistent treatment, the U.S. attorney in Chicago announced Friday. The 12-count indictment against Pranav Patel, owner of Palos Medical Care in Palos Heights, alleges he submitted fraudulent claims…
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MS: Former Hospital Employee Charged for Stealing from Patient
A former employee at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson was arrested Wednesday for stealing money and banking information from a patient, announced Attorney General Jim Hood. Shaniqua Kiera Jenkins, 27, of Jackson, was arrested by investigators with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control following an indictment by a Hinds County grand jury on one count…
NL: Hospital reprimands 85 staff for peeking at celebrity’s medical files
DutchNews.nl reports: The Haga hospital in The Hague has given 85 members of staff an official warning for looking at the medical files of a television celebrity who was hospitalised after a suicide attempt. Samantha de Jong, better known as Barbie, was admitted to hospital in January after trying to kill herself. She had hardly…
Three former Flint cops sold personal info of crash victims, feds claim
Dominic Adams reports: Three former Flint police officers sold stolen police reports that included the personal information of crash victims, which eventually wound up in the hands of doctors, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers, according to a recently filed federal indictment. More than 600 internal crash reports were stolen from the Flint Police Department and…
Update: Prague, Oklahoma youth pastor in computer crimes probe previously worked at GCTC
Kim Morava reports: A search warrant served Monday at a part-time youth pastor’s home in Prague is connected to a computer crimes investigation that began months ago, with authorities now indicating the person under investigation previously worked at Gordon Cooper Technology Center,where he allegedly accessed juveniles’ social media accounts. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents,…
UK: Former hospital worker prosecuted for inappropriately accessing patient records
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A former employee of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has been prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation. Michelle Harrison, of Milton Keynes, inappropriately accessed the records of 12 patients outside of her role as receptionist/general assistant in the Orthotics Department at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between March…