Lets stop Yuba from exploiting the word "Armenian" in the sign for financial gain. As we all know, there is nothing "Armenian" about the California Armenian Home anymore except the name. Sell the home, change the name to the parent name of California Home for the Aged.
Richard C. Cooke of Lake View, S.C., has pled
guilty in Richland County General Sessions Court to six indictments arising
from his fraudulent activity in the operation of six nursing homes, including
Azalea Woods in Aiken.
Cooke, 53, pled guilty to two indictments charging him with forgery, a felony, and four indictments charging him with medical assistance provider fraud, a misdemeanor, according to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Cooke, 53, pled guilty to two indictments charging him with forgery, a felony, and four indictments charging him with medical assistance provider fraud, a misdemeanor, according to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
The charges arose from fraudulent cost reports
Cooke submitted to the South Carolina Medicaid program. Cooke, a resident of
Dillon County, was a key figure in Cooke Management Company, Inc. of Lake View,
which operated the six nursing homes. They are located in Aiken, Bishopville,
Fork, Florence, Kingstree and Fountain Inn.
Under South Carolina Medicaid regulations, nursing homes are required to submit annual operational cost reports for their facility. The Medicaid program pays the nursing home based on that and on the number of Medicaid residents. From 2009 through 2011, the six nursing homes were overpaid a total of $1,020,818.34 as a result of the fraudulent items listed on cost reports submitted to the Medicaid program, according to the Attorney General's office.
Under the terms of a plea agreement, Cooke was required to plead guilty to the charges, to make restitution of $1,020,818.38 to the South Carolina Medicaid program, to be excluded from the Medicaid program for life, and to cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Attorney General's office.
Under South Carolina Medicaid regulations, nursing homes are required to submit annual operational cost reports for their facility. The Medicaid program pays the nursing home based on that and on the number of Medicaid residents. From 2009 through 2011, the six nursing homes were overpaid a total of $1,020,818.34 as a result of the fraudulent items listed on cost reports submitted to the Medicaid program, according to the Attorney General's office.
Under the terms of a plea agreement, Cooke was required to plead guilty to the charges, to make restitution of $1,020,818.38 to the South Carolina Medicaid program, to be excluded from the Medicaid program for life, and to cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Attorney General's office.
Cooke was sentenced by the Honorable L. Casey
Manning, circuit judge, to 10 years on the two forgery indictments to run
concurrently, suspended to five years probation. Probation conditions include
house arrest for one year and 500 hours of community service, plus full
restitution. On the four Medicaid fraud counts, Cooke was sentenced to three
years on each to run concurrently, all suspended. He presented two checks
totaling $500,000 toward his restitution.
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