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'Reckless' Owner Of Princeton Nursing Home That Abruptly Closed Barred From Receiving Medicaid 'Reckless' Owner Of Princeton Nursing Home That Abruptly Closed Barred From Receiving Medicaid
'Reckless' Owner Of Princeton Nursing Home That Abruptly Closed Barred From Receiving Medicaid New Jersey has cut off Medicaid funding for a nursing home that abruptly closed its doors to 72 patients last fall. Princeton Care Center closed suddenly on Sept. 1, 2003, and only notified residents' families that morning — leaving them with just hours to relocate, as first reported by Planet Princeton. Gail and Ezra Bogner, the owner and administrator of Princeton Care Center, respectively, will be suspended from New Jersey Medicaid, effective March 28, the Office of the State Comptroller said. “The Bogners’ recklessness, neglect, and incredibly poor judgment caused serious harm and…
NJ Doc Took Bribes From Pharma Company For Toxic Fentanyl Prescriptions: Feds NJ Doc Took Bribes From Pharma Company For Toxic Fentanyl Prescriptions: Feds
NJ Doc Took Bribes From Pharma Company For Toxic Fentanyl Prescriptions: Feds A doctor from Central Jersey is accused of taking bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing potentially fatal doses of fentanyl, authorities said. Mukaram Gazi, 51, of Marlboro in Monmouth County was charged with conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, receiving kickbacks, health care fraud and conspiring to unlawfully distribute dangerous narcotics, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig. According to Thursday's indictment: Gazi owned a urology practice with offices in Freehold, Hamilton, Howell and Toms River.  Gazi received more than $130,000 in bribes and…
Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years
Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years CLIFTON, N.J. — A medical equipment supply store owner from Clifton was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison for billing Medicaid more than $100,000 for medical supplies for dead people. Alfredo Valdes, Jr., 43, admitted in August that he submitted the bogus claims to Horizon NJ Health, a provider of Medicaid services in the state, through his T-N-T medical supplies company in the Hudson County city of West New York from January 2008 to March 2016. The durable medical equipment – including compression stockings, diapers and other items – were reimbursed in the name of patients w…