NJ Man & Co. Charged with Health Care Fraud in WI Nursing Homes

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned an indictment yesterday charging Kevin Breslin, 56, Hoboken, New Jersey, and KBWB Operations, LLC, doing business as Atrium Health and Senior Living (Atrium), in Park Ridge, New Jersey, with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items, or services.

The indictment alleges that the scheme operated from January 2015 to September 2018. The indictment charges the defendants with health care fraud, six counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit tax fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to the indictment, Breslin was the Chief Executive Officer of Atrium, which operated 24 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living facilities in Wisconsin and Michigan. These facilities included:

1. Atrium Post Acute Care of Appleton, Wisconsin;

2. Atrium Post Acute Care of Black River Falls, Wisconsin;

3. Atrium Post Acute Care of Bloomer, Wisconsin;

4. Atrium Post Acute Care of Chetek, Wisconsin;

5. Atrium Post Acute Care of Chilton, Wisconsin;

6. Atrium Post Acute Care of Ellsworth; Wisconsin;

7. Atrium Post Acute Care of Kewaunee, Wisconsin;

8. Atrium Post Acute Care of Lancaster, Wisconsin;

9. Atrium Post Acute Care of Little Chute, Wisconsin;

10. Atrium Post Acute Care of Marshfield, Wisconsin;

11. Atrium Post Acute Care of Menominee, Michigan;

12. Atrium Post Acute Care of Mineral Point, Wisconsin;

13. Atrium Post Acute Care of Neenah, Wisconsin;

14. Atrium Post Acute Care of New Holstein, Wisconsin;

15. Atrium Post Acute Care of Oconto Falls, Wisconsin;

16. Atrium Post Acute Care of Plymouth, Wisconsin;

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