Virginia psychotherapist to pay over $1.2M after billing Medicaid and Medicare for services never rendered
RICHMOND, VA – A 72-year-old licensed clinical social worker from Mechanicsville has been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud and settling related civil claims involving…
Sandy Springs man sentenced for Tricare and Medicare fraud scheme
ATLANTA – Brett Sabado has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud Tricare and Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for compound medications and durable medical equipment (DME). Sabado also…
South Carolina Woman Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Stealing over $780,000 in Medicare and Social Security Benefits
TRENTON, N.J. – A Hanahan, South Carolina, woman was sentenced to 28 months in prison for defrauding the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Social Security and Medicare benefits, U.S.…
Los Angeles Doctor to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraud Against Medicare and Medi-Cal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Minas Kochumian M.D., a physician previously practicing in the Los Angeles area, has paid $9,486,287 to resolve allegations that he…
Former Owner of Chicago Health Care Company Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Billing Medicare for Non-Existent Treatment
CHICAGO — The former owner of a Chicago home health care company has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.2 million from Medicare through a phony billing…
Dansville Physician Agrees To Pay More Than $600,000 To Resolve Allegations That He Fraudulently Billed Medicare And Medicaid
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James A. Sakr, M.D., has agreed to pay $602,661.61 to resolve allegations, arising…
U.S. recovery extends Social Security, Medicare funds slightly -trustees
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – A stronger-than-expected recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will slightly delay the dates when Social Security and Medicare funds are depleted, trustees for the federal benefit programs said…
San Francisco Physician To Pay More Than $1,000,000 To Settle Allegations Of False Medicare Charges
SAN JOSE – Bay Area physician Dr. Roger Wang has agreed to pay $1,033,666.42 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by charging Medicare for non-FDA-approved drugs and associated…
Miami-Based VirtuOx, Inc. Agrees to Pay $3.15 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Fraudulently Billed Medicare
Miami, Florida – VirtuOx, Inc. (“VirtuOx”), based in Coral Springs, Florida and operating Medicare approved Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (“IDTF”), has agreed to pay $3,150,000.00 to resolve allegations that it submitted or…
Owner of Drug Testing Lab Sentenced in Medicare Kickback Scheme
ABINGDON, Va. – A Las Vegas, Nevada-based laboratory owner, who paid another lab owner to direct urine samples to his lab for testing and then billed the federal government for that testing,…
Oklahoma City Hospital Pays Over $1.1 Million to Settle Allegations of Submitting False Claims to Medicare
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC (“OHHS”), has paid $1,151,770.50 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, announced United…
Toledo Area Physician Charged with Fraudulently Billing More Than $8.4 Million to Medicare
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Ankita Singh, 39, formerly of Maumee, Ohio, with fraudulently billing Medicare $8.4 million. According to…
Two charged in $10M Medicare fraud/kickback scheme
HOUSTON – A home health agency owner and patient recruiter have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit, committing health care fraud and conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks,…
Harrison County Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Provide False Statements to Medicare
Gulfport, Miss. – A Biloxi man was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and pay restitution in the amount of $1,537,326.14 for providing false statements in connection with the delivery of…
United States Files False Claims Act Suit Against General Medicine, P.C. and Related Entities for Medicare Fraud
East St. Louis, Ill. – The United States filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against General Medicine, P.C. (“General Medicine”), Thomas M. Prose, M.D. – the owner of…
Mallinckrodt Agrees to Pay $260M to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Payment of Illegal Kickbacks and Medicare Drug Rebate Underpayments
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., “Questcor,” and collectively “Mallinckrodt”), has agreed to pay $260 million as part of…
Santa Paula Doctor and Lancaster Patient Recruiter Arrested in Hospice Fraud Scheme that Received Over $30 Million from Medicare
LOS ANGELES – Authorities today arrested a physician and a marketer on federal charges stemming from a scheme that bilked Medicare out of more than $30 million for medically unnecessary hospice…
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 in connection with billing Medicare for millions…
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 of Health and Human Services Office of…
Florida Man Sentenced in Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Florida man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment. Nathan LaParl, 34, of Boca Raton, Fla., was sentenced by U.S.…
Two Women Sentenced in Multi-Million-Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Colorado woman and a Houston woman were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for their roles in a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. Jessica Jones, 32, of Lakewood Colo.,…
Florida-Based Consultant Resolves Litigation For Allegedly Causing False Diabetic Supply Claims To Medicare
NASHVILLE – Medicare reimbursement consultant Ted Albin and his wholly-owned consulting and billing firm Grapevine Billing and Consulting Services Inc. (Grapevine), both based in Stuart, Florida, have agreed to pay $50,000 to…
Florida Woman Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Florida woman was sentenced today in connection with a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. Talia Alexandre, 30, of Palm Springs, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George…
Edgerton Doctor Sentenced to 54 Months for $13 Million Scheme to Defraud Medicare
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dr. Ravi Murali, 39, formerly of Edgerton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S.…
Democrats At Odds Over Medicare Expansions, Drug Pricing As They Race For A Deal
Proposed Medicare expansions and drug pricing reforms in Democrats’ spending package are the latest provision at risk of being cut, highlighting the rift between the party’s left and moderate wings as they…
USMM and VPA Pay $8.5 Million To Resolve Overpayment of Medicare Claims for Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing
DETROIT – U.S. Medical Management, LLC (“USMM”) and VPA, P.C. (“VPA”), providers of home-based healthcare services, have agreed to pay the United States $8.5 million to resolve allegations that USMM and VPA…
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