Elderly Georgia Woman Still in Shock After Being Charged $2,201 by Shady PAC Founded by Bill Spadea
ATLANTA, GA — An 85-year-old Georgia woman who previously said she had never heard of New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea has continued to be billed for campaign donations by his political…
Walgreens to pay $106.8 million to settle False Claims Act allegations for billing unfilled prescriptions
WASHINGTON — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing government health care…
‘Certainly Questionable’: Fox News Host, Guest Discuss Fani Willis’ Alleged Lover’s Billing
‘Certainly Questionable’: Fox News Host, Guest Discuss Fani Willis’ Alleged Lover’s Billing Harold Hutchison on January 17, 2024 A former clerk for Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas said that…
Two Men Sentenced for Fraudulent Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
Two Florida men were sentenced today for their roles in a multi-state scheme to defraud insurance companies by using rural hospitals to bill for urine drug testing that was not reimbursable and…
4 Corners Pharmacy Agrees To Pay $800,000 To Resolve Claims Of False Billing
Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that 4 Corners Pharmacy, located in Spring Hill, Florida, has agreed to pay $800,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the…
Floyd County Company Agrees to Pay $200,000 to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Billing for Respiratory Devices
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Oxygen Plus, Inc., a provider of durable medical equipment based in Floyd County, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act…
Booz Allen to pay $377.4 million to settle US charges over past billing practices
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Holding agreed to pay the United States $377.4 million to resolve allegations of violating federal law by improperly billing commercial…
Adore Me lingerie retailer settles US states’ deceptive billing claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Adore Me, an online lingerie retailer recently purchased by Victoria’s Secret, agreed to pay $2.35 million and offer refunds to settle charges by 31 U.S. states and…
Cardiac Monitoring Company Settles Fraudulent Billing Allegations
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Beyond Reps, Inc. d/b/a IronRod Health and Cardiac Monitoring Services (“IronRod”)…
Port of Long Beach Dockworker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Count for Fraudulently Billing Union’s Health Plan for Sexual Services
LOS ANGELES – A dockworker at the Port of Long Beach pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme that submitted fraudulent bills to his labor union’s health insurance plan for…
Long Island Medical Doctor Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a gastroenterologist practicing in Great Neck, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown to 30 months in…
Podiatrist pays $90,000 to settle false billing allegations
HOUSTON – A 39-year-old Cypress man has agreed to pay to resolve allegations he submitted false claims for the placement of electro-acupuncture devices, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Dr. Amr El-Khashab…
Ambulance Company Settles Allegations of Billing Medicare for Unnecessary, Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation
Fairview Heights, Ill. – HealthOne Critical Care Transport Service, Inc. d/b/a MedicOne Medical Response (“MedicOne”) of Marion, Illinois, has agreed to pay $302,124.37 in a civil settlement agreement resolving allegations the company improperly billed…
Lehigh Valley Psychiatrist Charged With Stealing From Medicare Through Improper Billing Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Muhamad Aly Rifai, 49, of Easton, PA, was charged by Indictment with four counts of healthcare fraud stemming from his alleged scheme…
Bloomington Man’s Guilty Plea Marks 16th Felony Conviction in Two Medicaid Fraud Conspiracies that Totaled Over $5.4 Million in Fraudulent Billing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to his role in a $1.4 million Medicaid fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Abdirahman…
Owner of New York Commercial Drum Company Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Billing Scheme
Baltimore, Maryland – Robert A. DiNoto, age 48, of Huntington, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a fraudulent billing scheme involving a manufacturing company…
Oswego Hospital Agrees to Pay $98,694.36 for Improper Medicare and Medicaid Billing
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Oswego Hospital has agreed to pay $98,694.36 to resolve allegations that it knowingly violated the False Claims Act by: (1) improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for outpatient mental…
Pharmaceutical Company Akorn Operating Company LLC Agrees to Pay $7.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Billing
BOSTON – Akorn Operating Company LLC (Akorn), an Illinois-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations that it caused Medicare to pay false claims. Specifically, Akorn caused Medicare…
Iowa Plastic Surgeon Agrees to Pay $800,000 to Resolve Allegations of Inappropriate Billing and False Claims
Dr. Ronald Bergman and his medical practice, Bergman Cosmetic Surgery, P.C., of Des Moines, Iowa, have agreed to pay $800,000 to the United States and the State of Iowa to resolve allegations…
Fort Mitchell Chiropractic Clinic Agrees to Settle Allegations of Improper Billing for Electro-Acupuncture Devices
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The United States Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that Lifestyle Resumption Integrative Health ( “Lifestyle Resumption”), a chiropractic clinic located in Fort Mitchell, Ky., and its owner, Klaude Kocan,…
Western Maryland Physician and Pain Management Practice Group Agree to Pay $980,000 to Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations of Billing for Medically Unnecessary Urine Drug Tests
Baltimore, Maryland – Melvin Gonzaga, M.D., his son Rommel Gonzaga, and their practice group Gonzaga Interventional Pain Management (“GIPM”) have agreed to pay the United States $980,000 to resolve allegations that they…
Montgomery County Skilled Nursing Facility to Pay More than $819,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from Billing of Rehabilitation Therapy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Old Man’s Home of Philadelphia d/b/a Saunders House will pay $819,640 to settle claims that the skilled nursing facility provided medically unnecessary…
Montgomery County Skilled Nursing Facility to Pay More than $819,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from Billing of Rehabilitation Therapy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Old Man’s Home of Philadelphia d/b/a Saunders House will pay $819,640 to settle claims that the skilled nursing facility provided medically unnecessary…
Dental Provider Agrees To Settle Allegations Of Improper Billing Of TennCare
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Dr. Don Flanagan, D.D.S., and his affiliated companies, Dental Center, Inc. and Dental Center, P.C. d/b/a Cloudland Dental (“Cloudland Dental”), have…
United States Files Claims Alleging Fresenius Vascular Care, Inc. Defrauded Medicare and Other Healthcare Programs by Billing for Unnecessary Procedures Performed on Dialysis Patients
The United States filed a civil complaint yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn against Fresenius Vascular Care, Inc. (“Fresenius”) alleging that the company performed unnecessary procedures on dialysis patients at nine centers…
Gas Station Manager Admits to Billing Fraudulent Fuel Charges on Amtrak Vehicles
NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, gas station manager today admitted making approximately $78,000 in fraudulent fuel charges using account information belonging to more than 17 gas station customers, including…
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