воскресенье, 16 сентября 2012 г.

FORMER HAVEN HEALTH CENTER ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION CHARGES - US Fed News Service, Including US State News

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation New Haven Field Office issued the following press release:

Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KIMBERLY BOCCACIO, 39, of Pomfret Center, waived indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to one count of obstruction of a federal health care fraud investigation.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, BOCCACIO was formerly employed as a nursing home administrator at Haven Health Center of Jewett City. On July 14, 2008, BOCCACIO was interviewed by federal agents concerning the forging of the signature of a former resident of Haven Health Center of Jewett City on a Resident Admissions Agreement. As part of her plea, BOCCACIO admitted that she provided materially false information to the agents and stated that she had witnessed the patient sign the Agreement when, in fact, BOCCACIO knew that the signature was a forgery.

Judge Thompson has scheduled BOCCACIO's sentencing for November 13, 2009, at which time BOCCACIO faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.

'Nursing home administrators hold critical positions of trust, and they are ultimately responsible for both the care provided to their residents and for the proper use of federal and state funds at their facilities,' U.S. Attorney Dannehy stated. 'As a result, they have a particular obligation to be truthful during health care fraud investigations.'

This matter is being investigated by the federal Health Care Fraud Task Force, including agents from the Offices of the Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, along with agents from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David J. Sheldon and Auditor Susan Spiegel.

U.S. Attorney Dannehy encouraged individuals who suspect health care fraud to report it by calling the Health Care Fraud Task Force at (203) 785-9270 or 1-800-HHS-TIPS.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.