Former nursing home exec gets four months for Medicare fraud

Charles B. Kaiser III, former president of American Healthcare Management, pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor charge of making false statements. He was sentenced Friday and ordered to pay $15,000 in fines.

Kaiser already served a year in prison on a misdemeanor charge of failing to report elder abuse in the death of a patient.

Robert Wachter, the company's former chief executive, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by collecting payments for services not provided.

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