NY Couple Alleged $59.6M Medicaid Fraud Involving Chain of Nebraska Nursing Homes

The company has now been charged with making false records, failing to maintain documentation, and fraudulent misrepresentation, resulting in payments to which it was not entitled.

“As a result of the defendants’ breach of their agreements with Medicaid, plaintiffs suffered damages amounting to $59,652,388.90,” the attorney said in the lawsuit.

Violations of the False Medicaid Claims Act are subject to damages of up to three times and a fine of up to $10,000 for each claim submitted.

In addition to the $59.6 million amount, Nebraska is seeking triple damages of $178,957,167, plus attorney’s fees, Adams said.

In December, Joseph Schwartz, 61, of Brooklyn, was indicted in Arkansas on eight counts of Medicaid fraud that resulted in overpayments of $3.6 million to eight nursing home facilities.