Monthly Archives: June 2011

In shift, feds target top execs for health fraud

Federal investigators say they are starting to target individual executives in health care fraud cases previously aimed at impersonal corporations.

It’s raising the stakes for corporate honchos at drug companies, medical device manufacturers, nursing home chains and others who deal with Medicare and Medicaid.

Grassley Investigates Drugging of Elderly with Antipsychotics

Sen. Charles Grassley recently sent a letter to the administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He wants some answers after a federal report Grassley requested found many nursing home residents with dementia are given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are not approved to treat dementia. They can be lethal for those afflicted with it, and Medicare has been paying for them.