Op-Ed: How Hospitals Fared in State Budget

Suburban Hospital Alliance of NYS president/CEO Wendy Darwell looks at how hospitals fared in the final 2023 – 2024 state budget. From increased Medicaid rates to an absence of codified workforce flexibilities, the budget offers wins and losses. Read More …

9 Therapists Accused of Defrauding Program for Disabled Kids

Nine therapists, including a Dix Hills resident, were accused Tuesday of scheming to defraud a program to provide remedial service to developmentally delayed children. The nine all participated in the Early Intervention Program, which provides remedial services to developmentally delayed children from birth to age Read More …

U.S. Accuses 6 of Committing ‘Birth Tourism’ Fraud, Money Laundering

Updated 7:52 p.m. Six people were accused Wednesday of committing fraud in a scheme that brought 117 pregnant Turkish women to Long Island to give birth so that their children would be born American citizens. Two of the seven homes where the births occurred are Read More …

Melville Doctor Accused of Medicare Fraud

A Melville man is one of three Long Island doctors  accused Thursday of committing fraud in what federal prosecutors said was a kickback scheme that cheated Medicare and Medicaid of as much as $163 million. The Justice Department said that the charges were part of Read More …