Updated: 1:59 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced a $13 million Medicaid fraud conviction Wednesday.Timothy Mark Harron, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and aggravated identity theft, according to the state.Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.Harron admitted to working with his wife, Latisha Harron, to defraud the North Carolina Medicaid program by billing the government for fake home health services and using the money for personal items.According to the courts, Latisha Harron already pleaded guilty to similar charges and is awaiting sentencing. She created and was operating Agape Healthcare Systems, Inc., which was an alleged Medicaid home health provider in Roanoke Rapids.By enrolling Agape as a Medicaid provider, she concealed her previous felony conviction for identity theft and co
No one should have to live in fear because of who they are | Calls for hate crime laws grows in North Carolina
Josh Stein is joining a bipartisan push for federal hate crimes legislation that are aimed at giving law enforcement tools to combat such crimes.
Credit: janifest - stock.adobe.com Author: Savannah Levins (WCNC) Updated: 4:30 PM EDT April 17, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is joining a growing bipartisan chorus calling for Congress to pass a proposed hate crimes bill which he says would help law enforcement better pursue justice for victims.
The Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, which was introduced in the Senate last summer, would establish grants within the Department of Justice to help state and local law enforcement agencies train up on tackling hate crimes. This includes learning more about identifying, classifying, and reporting them, along with funding to develop anti-hate crime programs, community e
One of the ways that the independent monitor answered questions about charity care is they explained that when Mission was being purchased by HCA they had the option to move forward with Mission’s charity care policy. And instead, the board at Mission felt that HCA’s policy was actually going to cover patients better. And so they did make changes to that charity care policy to go with HCA’s policy instead.
Here’s how Ron Winters, principal of Gibbins Advisors, talked about charity care at the virtual meeting:
“It is difficult to qualify for charity care, and until you qualify, they have the right to ask you to pay a deposit and you don’t have the right to get it back,” said Winters.
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Administrative Advantage ( AA ) provides billing support services to certain healthcare providers. AA is providing this notice on behalf of its customer, Remedy Medical Group, a medical practice with offices in San Mateo, San Francisco and Oakland, California. In July 2020,
AA became aware of unusual activity involving a single employee email account. AA immediately began an investigation and worked quickly to assess the security of the email account. With the assistance of third-party computer specialists, on August 18, 2020, AA s investigation determined that an unauthorized person or persons may have accessed the email account between June 23, 2020, and July 9, 2020. Because AA could not conclusively rule out unauthorized access to information in the account, in an abundance of caution, AA reviewed the contents of the email account
Experts are warning that fake vaccination cards could prolong pandemic.
The FBI is categorizing them as a crime. Anyone could have access to a fake CDC vaccine card in a matter of a few clicks. According to Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General stated that they know people who have been selling fake vaccine cards. He also stated that if people continue to do this, it will make people less safe and prolong with COVID-19 pandemic.
There is now hope for the concept of a digital vaccine passport, especially when the April 15th date approaches when California will allow theater performances and indoor concerts, among other private gatherings.