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2 Wyo. Suspects Now Accused In Ind. Hospital Fraud

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:48:14 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Two men accused of defrauding Powell Valley Healthcare in Wyoming are now accused of also defrauding a hospital in Indiana.

The Associated Press federal court documents allege fugitive Paul Cardwell and Michael J

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Ind. Man Pleads Guilty In Fraud On Wyo. Hospital

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:46:53 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — An Indiana man accused of helping to defraud Powell Valley Healthcare in Wyoming out of almost $850,000 has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges.

The Associated Press reports former youth minister Michael Plake of West Lafayette, Ind

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Suspect In $848,000 Wyoming Fraud Vanishes

Associated Press — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:36:07 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a former CEO charged with defrauding a Wyoming hospital of nearly $848,000 disappeared three weeks before his trial was scheduled to start.

Paul Cardwell is accused of billing Powell Valley Healthcare for recruiting work that was never done

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Wyo. Sets Up Medicaid Fraud Website And Hotline

Associated Press — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:51:51 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming residents now have two ways to easily report potential Medicaid fraud thanks to a new state website and hotline.

The new website can be found online at http://stopwyomedicaidfraud

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Feds Charge Former Powell Hospital CEO With Fraud

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:51:16 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged the former CEO of a Powell hospital with fraud, alleging he worked with an accomplice in Indiana to rack up more nearly $850,000 in false billings last year for staff recruitment work that was never performed

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Woman Accused Of Wyo. Welfare Fraud

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:59:48 +0000

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A 28-year-old woman has been accused of defrauding the Wyoming Department of Family Services by falsely claiming her daughter on applications for welfare benefits.

Elizabeth M

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Fraudulent Student Is Jailed for Falsely Listing Harvard on His Resume

Kathy Landin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Adam Wheeler, a former Harvard student kicked out of the university for false statements on his admissions application, has been sent to jail for including the school on his resume when applying for a job. For violating this condition of his probation, he now faces a possible two-year sentence.

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Whistleblower Alleges WMC Defrauded Medicare

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:18:26 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. --- Wyoming Medical Center altered hospital records to collect higher fees from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by having its records clerks change the admission status of patients, a whistleblower charges in a federal lawsuit unsealed this week

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Medicare Fraud And What You Can Do About It [AUDIO]

Brian Scott — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:36:38 +0000

A recent crackdown by law enforcement, on a nationwide level, has resulted in charges being leveled against 91 people-including doctors and other medical professionals-with defrauding the Medicare system of over 295$ million in false billing.

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