New Jersey joins blue state health alliance rejecting Trump’s CDC; What could go wrong?
Trenton, NJ – New Jersey has officially joined forces with seven Northeastern states and New York City in a new regional health partnership aimed at strengthening science-based public health policy while pushing…
Columbia Woman Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud
Hattiesburg, Miss. – A Columbia, Mississippi woman was sentenced to 57 months in prison for defrauding health care insurance providers. Joy Beth Harden, 51, pled guilty on August 10, 2021, to executing…
New Orleans Man Sentenced to Twenty-Eight Months of Imprisonment for Health Care Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans announced that JOSEPH CAMPO (“CAMPO”) was sentenced on April 14, 2022 to 28 months of imprisonment, and…
Two Marketers Sentenced for Engaging in an Illegal Health Care Kickback Scheme
Two men were sentenced in federal court Wednesday for helping orchestrate a scheme where physicians received kickback payments in exchange for writing and referring expensive compounded drug prescriptions to OK Compounding, announced…
Renewed Light Announces the Opening of their New Mental Health Treatment Facility
Renewed Light celebrates the grand opening of its mental health treatment center in New Jersey. DEPTFORD, N.J., April 14, 2022 — Renewed Light celebrates the opening of its new mental health treatment…
Owner of Queens Pharmacies Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Aleah Mohammed was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for carrying out multiple schemes to defraud health care programs, including obtaining more…
Philipsburg woman admits lying to receive federal Social Security and health benefits
MISSOULA — A Philipsburg woman accused of lying about her living arrangements and assets in order to receive more Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits and other federal aid than she was entitled…
Elite Healthcare Owner Sentenced to Two Years for Defrauding Health Insurer
The owner of a medical consulting company was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for defrauding health insurers, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.…
Providence Health & Services Agrees to Pay $22.7 Million to Resolve Liability From Medically Unnecessary Neurosurgery Procedures at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center
Walla Walla, WA – Providence Health & Services Washington (Providence) has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs for medically…
U.S. Attorney to host Health Care Fraud Symposium
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA – Experts from the public and private sector will gather in Morgantown next week for a seminar to highlight best practices in preventing and responding to health care fraud,…
Englewood Health Opens Urgent Care Center in Fair Lawn with Extended Weekday and Weekend Hours
“With locations across northern New Jersey, our urgent care centers round out Englewood Health’s capacity to care for our communities,” said Warren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Health. “We offer physician…
DOJ and Skagit County health clinic resolve False Claims Act investigation over the use of imported birth control medications
Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice today reached a settlement with Skagit Family Health Clinic of Mount Vernon, Washington, over the importation of birth control medications that were unlawfully imported from…
United States Attorney’s Office and Washington State Office of Attorney General to Announce Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington
Spokane, WA: At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Vanessa R. Waldref, and the Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, will hold…
FERRERO VOLUNTARILY RECALLS KINDER® HAPPY MOMENTS CHOCOLATE ASSORTMENT AND KINDER® MIX CHOCOLATE TREATS BASKET BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
The voluntary recall is for two products in the U.S. Product Kinder Happy Moments Milk Chocolate and Crispy Wafers Assortment Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats Basket Size and Package Type 14.1 OZ (400g)…
Metairie Man Sentenced to Three Years of Probationfor Health Care Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, announced that MARIO DELUCA (“DELUCA”) has been sentenced on April 6, 2022 to 36 months of probation…
Huntsville Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A Huntsville doctor has been charged for conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp,…
Convicted health care fraudsters charged under False Claims Act
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The owner and administrator of Texas-based Merida hospice and home health entities have been named in a multi-million-dollar whistleblower lawsuit, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Rodney Mesquias…
Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute: On World Health Day hygiene experts say global health has forgotten its most important weapon
PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 6, 2022 — Hygiene is vital in fighting off a whole range of diseases, including COVID-19, yet policymakers and others fail to invest, promote, and research it, say…
Florida’s BayCare Health System and Hospital Affiliates Agree to Pay $20 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Impermissible Medicaid Donations
WASHINGTON – BayCare Health System Inc. and entities that operate four affiliated Florida hospitals (collectively BayCare) have agreed to pay the United States $20 million to resolve allegations that BayCare violated the…
Eight Individuals Facing Federal Indictment for a $3 Million Scheme to Defraud Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Defense Health Agency
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight individuals, including the President, Vice-President and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer at a company that provided medical billing and…
Australia’s Virtus Health considers revised bid from BGH in takeover battle with CapVest
By Riya Sharma and Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Australian fertility services provider Virtus Health said on Wednesday it will consider a revised buyout offer from minority owner BGH Capital, weeks after it…
Prisma Health Midlands to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — Prisma Health Midlands (“Prisma”) has agreed to pay a record $1 million to resolve allegations that it committed recordkeeping and dispensing violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). These…
U.S. concerned by reports that American Trevor Reed’s health is deteriorating
WASHINGTON – The United States is concerned by reports the health of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, is deteriorating, the State Department said on Monday, calling on Russia…
Springfield Health Care Charity Pays More Than $8 Million Related to Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
FORT SMITH – Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of…
Governor Phil Murphy Tests Positive for COVID-19
TRENTON, NJ – After spending Thursday morning at a public event in Holmdel in support of humanitarian aid for Ukraine, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tested positive later in the day for…
Springfield Health Care Charity Pays More Than $8 Million Related to Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of…
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