Exclusive-Buyout firms GTCR, CD&R circle Merit Medical -sources
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – GTCR LLC and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are among private equity firms that have expressed interest in acquiring U.S. …
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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 …
Medical Doctor To Pay $40,800 To Resolve Civil Liability For Alleged Violations Of The False Claims Act
HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Ahmed Khan has agreed to pay the United States …
CEO of Medical Device Company Charged with Evading Payment of $6 Million in Federal Payroll Taxes
MINNEAPOLIS – A Mounds View man has been charged with tax evasion for failing to pay several years’ worth of payroll taxes, announced U.S. Attorney …
Co-Owner of defunct medical testing lab convicted of kickback scheme to profit on urine drug tests for government insurance programs
Seattle – A resident of Astoria, Oregon was convicted this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies connected to his scheme …
Medical Marijuana Card Online: The Launch of an Industry Leading Telemedicine Company at MMJ.com
CLEVELAND, March 30, 2022 — MMJ.com is a telemedicine platform that allows medical marijuana patients to meet with a state-certified MMJ doctor via telephone or webcam. …
Salisbury Medical Practice Pays the United States Over $286,000 to Resolve Claims that it Billed for Medical Services Not Provided
Baltimore, Maryland – Peninsula Internal Medicine, L.L.C., a medical practice located in Salisbury, Maryland, and the Estate of Candy Burns have paid the United States …
Gary Gemignani Will Join Solta Medical Corporation As Chief Financial Officer
VAUGHAN, ON and LAVAL, QC, March 22, 2022 — Solta Medical Corporation (“Solta”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health”), …
Introducing Velocity Medtech: An Integrated Solutions Provider Revolutionizing Orthopaedic Medical Manufacturing
Unified brand combines proven technologies and capabilities in cases, caddies, trays, implants, and surgical instruments as a comprehensive, single-source partner for medical device manufacturing. TOTOWA. …
Local/N.J. Doctor Selected as one of 30 members nationwide to the athenahealth 2022 Clinical Advisory Board Dr. Dan Fabius, Consensus Health Chief Medical Informatics Officer will collaborate with the athenahealth product team
“I am honored to join this incredible team of experts and believe our collaborative efforts will greatly impact the future of athenahealth products to better …
New Orleans Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Larceny of Over $200,000 Using Patient Information Stolen from Metairie Medical Clinic
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ASHLEY GREEN, age 39, was sentenced on March 16, 2022 to 15 months in …
Architects of $48 Million Dollar Medical Reimbursement Account Program Fraud Scheme Sentenced
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that that DENIS J. JOACHIM, age 55, DONNA K. JOACHIM, age 55, residents of Covington, Louisiana, …
Serial Offender Sentenced To 9 Years For Medical Frauds Causing More Than $3.5 Million In Losses
SAN FRANCISCO – Joseph Albert Corey was sentenced in federal court today to 108 months for two separate fraud schemes causing more than $3.5 million …
Port Clinton Physician Sentenced to Prison for Prescribing Controlled Substances Without Medical Necessity and Health Care Fraud
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that William Bauer, 85, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary to …
Medical Assistant Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
CAMDEN, N.J. – A former medical assistant today admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers of more than $1 …
Marine Mammal Stranding Center Helps Young Seal Pup Find Peace and Quiet after Medical Exam
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center not only saves marine mammals such as seals from dangerous situations at the Jersey Shore, sometimes they save the seals …
Medical Services Contractor Pays $930,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medical Services Contracts at State Department and Air Force Facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan
Comprehensive Health Services LLC (CHS), located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has agreed to pay $930,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act …
Contractor Pays $930,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medical Services Contracts at State Department and Air Force Facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan
BROOKLYN, NY – Comprehensive Health Services, LLC (CHS), located in Florida, has agreed to pay $930,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims …
Long Island Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a medical doctor practicing in Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty to health care fraud …
Trans Activists Funded By Big Pharma Push Biased Research Promoting Medical Transitions For Children
Trans Activists Funded By Big Pharma Push Biased Research Promoting Medical Transitions For Children Laurel Duggan on March 6, 2022 Researchers promoted the medical transition …
Driver extricated after crashing into home during medical episode
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Berkeley Township Police Department today reported that a crash where a vehicle ended up inside a home on Westbrook Drive …
Judges Across The Country Have Denied Custody To Parents Who Refuse To Give Children ‘Transgender’ Medical Treatments
Activists are training judges on transgenderism, and some judges are using their new knowledge to justify revoking child custody from parents who hesitate to put …
Two Florida Men Charged With $11 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme To Traffic In Prescriptions For Medical Equipment
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department …
Associate Medical Director of Baltimore County, Maryland Pain Management Practice Sentenced to Federal Prison for Accepting Kick-Backs
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Howard Hoffberg, M.D., age 65, of Reisterstown, Maryland, today, to eight months in federal …
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff takes medical leave
– Centene Corp said on Thursday its board had approved a request from its chairman and chief executive officer Michael Neidorff for a period of …
Community Medical Center, Children’s Specialized Hospital break ground on new 86,000 Square Foot Medical Center in Toms River
by Jessica Cummings Toms River, N.J. – Executives from Community Medical Center, Children’s Specialized Hospital, and RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, together with local officials gathered …
South Florida Medical Clinic Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Orchestrating $42 Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
Miami, Florida – Yesterday, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced Bradley Jason Kantor, 49, of Key Largo, Florida, to 10 years in federal prison …
Catholic Medical Center Agrees to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback-Related False Claims Act Allegations
CONCORD – United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Catholic Medical Center (CMC) has agreed to …
With Zucker out, CNN’s top medical expert pivots on COVID-19 school mask mandates: The science has changed
With the morale at CNN at its lowest point in history and their ratings even lower, the network today indicated that it might be going …
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening a Medical Doctor Who Publicly Advocated for the Covid-19 Vaccine
Baltimore, Maryland – Scott Eli Harris, age 51, of Aubrey, Texas pleaded guilty today to threats transmitted by interstate communication, related to a threatening message …
Woman pleads guilty to pepper spraying medical office after being asked to mask up
BUFFALO -Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 27-year-old Deshawna A. Taylor of Buffalo pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek to …
Miami Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Medical Ventilators Intended to Treat Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in El Salvador
Miami, Florida – Two Miami men were each sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment for stealing 192 medical ventilators worth approximately $3 million. The ventilators were …
Mississippi becomes 37th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana
– Mississippi joined 36 other U.S. states in legalizing marijuana for medical use on Wednesday, as the governor signed legislation permitting cannabis for treatment of …
Russia Sends Medical Units To Front Lines At Ukrainian Border
Russia sent medical units to its front lines at the Ukrainian border, fueling speculation Russia is on the precipice of an invasion, The Wall Street …
Medical Imaging Companies CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for $250 Million Health Care Fraud Run Via State Workers’ Comp System
SAN DIEGO – The CEO of several Southern California-based medical imaging companies was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for running a …
Administrative Assistant at Suburban Chicago Medical Practice Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Writing Opioid Prescriptions
CHICAGO — An administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions …
Surgery Centers and Medical Offices in New Jersey Settle Allegations of Federal Health Care Fraud
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office …
Central Medical Systems, LLC, Alan Trent Harley And Joan Harley Agree To Pay $600K To Settle False Claims Act Liability
Orlando, FL –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that Central Medical Systems, LLC, Joan Harley, and Alan Trent Harley have agreed to pay …
Mandate layoffs, high rate of omicron leads New Jersey to request federal medical ‘strike forces’ to staff hospitals and health facilities
With hospitals and long-term care facilities experiencing staff shortages across New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said she is requesting federal …
How Activists Are Hardwiring ‘Race Marxism’ Into The Medical Field
The Biden administration proposed giving bonus payments to physicians who acknowledge systemic racism as the primary cause of health differences between racial groups and incorporate …
Fort Washington Woman wins $50K Scratch-off Prize to Help Pay Mom’s Medical Bills
FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND – A Maryland Lottery novice from Fort Washington needed help from her sister, a seasoned player, to understand the meaning of all …
Medical Director at Bridgeville Suboxone Clinic Sentenced for Unlawful Dispensing of Controlled Substances
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Wexford, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service …
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 …
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) …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …