Driver dies after suffering medical emergency in crash on Oxford Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A fatal crash occurred Saturday evening in the city’s 2nd District after a driver suffered a suspected medical emergency and collided with another vehicle, police said. The incident happened…
Winston-Salem Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Medical Supplies
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Winston-Salem woman pleaded guilty today to attempting to tamper with consumer products, announced U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina. According to court…
Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups and Entellus Medical agree to pay $4.2 million to resolve False Claims Act lawsuit alleging kick-back arrangements
ATLANTA – Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups (founder, owner, medical director and past-CEO of Milton Hall Surgical Associates (“MHSA”) a/k/a The Ear, Nose & Throat Institute) and Entellus Medical have agreed to pay…
Mansfield Area Physician Sentenced to Prison for Prescribing Painkillers without Medical Necessity
U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Gary Frantz, 69, a Mansfield-area physician at the time of the offense conduct, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay a…
Tampa Bay Area Medical Biller Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, And Tax Offenses
Tampa, Florida – Joshua Maywalt (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of filing a false federal income tax return,…
Wholesale Distributor of Medical and Dental Supplies to Pay $500,000 to Resolve Controlled Substance Act Violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Henry Schien, Inc., (“HSI”) a wholesale medical distributor based in Long Island, New York, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve civil penalty claims…
Cypress medical sales representative agrees to settle allegations regarding neurostimulator devices
HOUSTON – A 47-year-old medical sales representative has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that he assisted in causing the submission of false claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …
Former Corrections Officer at the Iowa Medical Classification Center Sentenced to Federal Prison for False Declarations Before a Grand Jury
DAVENPORT, Iowa – An Iowa City man, Lashaun Calvin Lacy, age 44, was sentenced on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to three months…
Man from Albuquerque sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for armed robbery of medical supplies
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Joseph Matney, 41, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Nov. 16 to 18 years in prison for armed robbery of a pharmacy, theft of medical products and…
Former Pharmacy Chief of VA Medical Center in Erie Pleads Guilty to Diverting Painkillers
ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Matthew Camera,…
Justice Department Secures Agreement with PATH to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions of its Employees
NEWARK, N.J. – The Department of Justice filed an agreement today in Newark federal court to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act…
Former Medical Student Sentenced for Fatal Party Drug Overdose
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Ontario, Canada, man was sentenced today to one year in prison for distributing MDA—a psychedelic drug similar to MDMA, or “molly”—that resulted in the fatal overdose of a…
Medical Device Company Arthrex to Pay $16 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based medical device company, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks that caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare…
Former Employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Admits Stealing HIV Medication
NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmacy procurement technician today admitted stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney…
Doctor and Owner of Medical Practice Indicted for Health Care Fraud
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned a fifty-count indictment, charging Linh Cao Nguyen, M.D., 48, of Peoria, Arizona, with Health Care Fraud, False Statements Relating to a Health…
DOJ and CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory settle False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute civil case
Seattle – A False Claims Act/Anti-Kickback Statute civil matter was resolved today with an agreed $1.1 million payment by the former Chief Executive Officer of a now defunct medical testing lab, announced…
Former Cleveland VA Medical Center Supervisor Sentenced to 37 Months and Ordered to Pay More Than $1.25 Million in Restitution for Theft and Kickback Scheme
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that William H. Precht, 54, of Kent, Ohio, was sentenced today by Judge Donald C. Nugent to 37 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,259,390.66…
Former Medical Office Manager Sentenced to 27 Months for Embezzling Money From Practice
Sean P. Costello, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Chief Judge Jeffery Beaverstock has sentenced defendant Betty Fables Harrison to 27 months in prison and ordered…
The science has changed, don’t use aspirin for heart attack prevention medical board says
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For decades, Americans have been told it’s healthy for at-risk Americans to take an aspirin a day to ward off a possible heart attack. Now, science has changed as…
Texas Man Facing Federal Indictment in Maryland for Threatening a Medical Doctor Who Publicly Advocated for the COVID-19 Vaccine
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Scott Eli Harris, age 51, of Aubrey, Texas for the federal charges of threats transmitted by interstate communication, related to…
It’s now legal in New Jersey for AIDS patients to infect their sexual partners without notifying them first
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Buck is ordeing police departments in the state to immediately stop charging and prosecuting AIDS patients who knowingly have sex with non-AIDS infected partners…