New Jersey bill would raise age limit for pediatric long-term care to 26
TRENTON, N.J. — A bipartisan group of New Jersey senators has introduced a bill that would raise the maximum age for residents in pediatric long-term care facilities from 19 to 26. Senate…
Amazon Buys Up Primary Health Care Company
Amazon Buys Up Primary Health Care Company Max Keating on July 21, 2022 Amazon announced that it will be acquiring One Medical, a self-described “human-centered, technology-powered national primary care organization,” for $3.9…
Sacramento Area Home Health Care and Hospice Agencies Owner Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Liana Karapetyan, 42, of El Dorado Hills, today to 18 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to commit health care…
Ashland City Physician Charged In Federal Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
NASHVILLE – A federal grand jury in Nashville on Monday returned a nine-count indictment, charging an Ashland City, Tennessee, physician in a telemedicine conspiracy to defraud Medicare of more than $41 million,…
U.S. Attorney And New Jersey Acting Attorney General Join Forces In Support Of Continued Access To Reproductive Health Care
NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger joined New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today to announce their continued commitment to ensure that women in New Jersey have access…
U.S. Attorney And New Jersey Acting Attorney General Join Forces In Support Of Continued Access To Reproductive Health Care
NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger joined New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today to announce their continued commitment to ensure that women in New Jersey have access…
Veteran sentenced to 18+ years in prison for sexual assault on a child left in his care
Tacoma – A 40-year-old Army veteran who most recently was a civilian resident of Joint Base Lewis McChord, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 225 months in prison…
Marijuana Plants Worth Over $25,000 Seized at Maryland In-Home Child Care Center
PASADENA, MD – A 21-year-old entrepreneur chose the wrong business. According to police, earlier this year, the Eastern District Tactical Narcotics Team received a citizen complaint of drug activity in the 8100…
Federal Health Care Fraud Charge Filed against Suburban Chicago Physician
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago physician prescribed opioids to patients without a medical examination or visit and then fraudulently billed Medicare for the nonexistent treatment, according to a criminal charge filed in…
Licensed Attorney Sentenced to Prison For Defrauding Medicaid in Scheme Involving Personal Care Services
WASHINGTON – Susan Engonwei Tingwei, 44, of Silver Spring, Md., a licensed attorney, was sentenced today to 10 months in prison for defrauding the D.C. Medicaid…
Connecticut Ophthalmologist Pleads Guilty to Five-Year Health Care Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Connecticut doctor pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Dr. Donald Salzberg, 67, of Avon, Conn., pleaded…
Two New Jersey Men Admit Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs
CAMDEN, N.J. – Two New Jersey men today admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the…
Long Island Man Convicted of over $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging Mathew James with perpetrating an over $600 million health care fraud…
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…
Suburban Chicago Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud in Connection with Alleged False Claims to Medicare and Private Insurer
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago doctor who specialized in removing moles to screen for cancer was charged today in federal court with submitting fraudulent claims for reimbursement to Medicare and a private…
Bingham Farms Physician Convicted of Drug and Health Care Fraud Charges
DETROIT – Bingham Farms physician David Jankowski, 62, was convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit on thirty charges related to the unlawful distribution of Schedule II, III and IV controlled…
Maryland Man Charged With Defrauding Medicaid in Scheme Involving Personal Care Services
WASHINGTON – Joseph Tamjong, 50, of Lanham, Maryland, was arrested today after being charged in federal court with defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of hundreds…
South Florida Health Care Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced for Roles in Multiple Fraud Schemes
Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of five defendants for his role in a health care fraud scheme operated out of a physical therapy clinic in…
New York Doctor Admits Health Care Fraud Targeting Amtrak, Drug Distribution, and Unlawful Possession of Firearm
NEWARK, N.J. – A New York doctor today admitted participating in a health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, distribution of a controlled substance in furtherance of that scheme, and the unlawful…
Three Florida Pharmacies Agree to Pay $830,707 to Resolve Allegations They Fraudulently Billed Federal Health Care Programs
Miami, Florida – Habana Hospital Pharmacy, Inc., Longevity Drugs, LLC, and Forest Hill Pharmacy, LLC, all Florida-based pharmacies, have agreed to pay $830,707.19 to resolve allegations they fraudulently used collaborative pharmacy practice…
Jury Convicts State Lawmaker of COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Missouri state representative was convicted by a federal trial jury today for a nearly $900,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme, as well as a separate $200,000 fraud scheme in which…