Workers' compensation director conspired with a physician at the Lock Haven facility, the feds say.
WILLIAMSPORT—A former workers’ compensation director at a Clinton County nursing home has been charged with conspiring to steal more than $500,000 through a kickback scheme that involved a physician.
Polen was employed at the then county-owned Susque-View Home Nursing and Rehabilitation Center from the early 1990s until 2022, holding various positions. His initial position was director of security. Polen ran the workers’ compensation program on a day-to-day basis. His duties included completing and submitting paperwork needed for employees to receive payments.In 2002 Polen approached an emergency medicine doctor in the Lock Haven area about a physician consulting position that was becoming vacant.
He also provided the medical evaluation for Polen’s own workers’ compensation claims that resulted in him working fewer hours but for the same pay.
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