SPOKANE, Washington—Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D., age 51, of Sylvania, Ohio, pled guilty to conspiring to accept kickbacks in connection with a fraudulent telemarketing and medical supply scheme throughout Washington and in other states. District Judge Mary K. Dimke accepted Webster’s guilty plea and set sentencing for June 26 in Spokane, Washington. 

LOS ANGELES—Post-acute health care experience management, research and data specialists Home Care Pulse (HCP) was once again recognized by JFS Care as a leader in home care with three awards: Best of Home Care—Leader in Experience, Best of Home Care—Provider of Choice and Best of Home Care—Employer of Choice.

LAS VEGAS—ATLAS Technology, LLC announced the addition of the Referral Acquisition Management Program (RAMP) to its enterprise family of software options for the durable medical equipment (DME) and Rehab Mobility industry.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care announced it was named a 2024 Best of Home Care Endorsed National Provider by Home Care Pulse (HCP).

According to Home Care Pulse, as a Best of Home Care Endorsed National Provider, the homecare company ranks among the top businesses that consistently set and meet the highest standards of care for their clients and families.

NASHVILLE—Regina Wild, LPN, has joined Healthcare Provider Solutions (HPS) as director of managed care consulting.  

ATLANTA—Brett Weiner and Valerie Desalvo have been sentenced on conspiracy charges for their role in buying and selling fraudulent doctors’ orders used to obtain more than $1.5 million in fraudulent payments from Medicare.

ATLANTA—Simon Orobor has been sentenced for conspiring to pay health care kickbacks payments for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), resulting in more than $20 million in claims to, and $13 million in payments from, Medicare.

NEWARK, New Jersey—A Florida man was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in durable medical equipment (DME) kickback scheme that caused $97 million in losses to Medicare, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.

LOS ANGELES—Axle Health (Axle), a provider of scheduling and workforce management software in the home health care s

MIAMI—HealthSnap, a remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) solution for health care providers, announced its Series B financing totaling $25 million.