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Mississippi Pharmacist And Louisiana Marketer Plead Guilty In $180M Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 17, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Mississippi pharmacist and a Louisiana marketer pleaded guilty in August 2021 in the Southern District of Mississippi for their roles in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributor[...]

138 Defendants Charged With Over $1.4B In Health Care Fraud

October 15, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 17, 2021 criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes that r[...]

Florida Cardiologist Paid $6.75 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Performing Unnecessary Medical Procedures

October 9, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 15, 2021 that Dr. Ashish Pal, a cardiologist based in Orlando, Florida, paid $6.75 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures. The payment resolves [...]

Texas Woman Sentenced For Possession And Use of Protected Health Information

October 6, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas announced that Lydia Henslee, 29, who had pleaded guilty on March 25, 2021 to conspiring to possess and use means of identification in connection with various offenses, was sentenced on September 25, 2021 to 24 month[...]

New York Lawsuit Alleges Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm

October 5, 2021

A recently filed New York medical malpractice case alleges that a New York fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate many patients. The plaintiff alleges that she learned through genetic testing that she has at least nine half-siblings. The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit was filed on[...]

U.S. Sues UMPC And Its Surgeon For Overlapping Surgeries

October 2, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Pennsylvania announced on September 2, 2021 that the United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), University of Pittsburgh Physicians, and James Luketich, M.D. based on a t[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Statute Of Repose Precludes Plaintiff’s Fraudulent Concealment Of Medical Diagnosis Claim

September 25, 2021

The Indiana Supreme Court stated in its opinion dated August 31, 2021: “the plaintiff, having been misinformed of a medical diagnosis by her provider, which dissolved its business more than five years prior to the plaintiff filing her complaint, seeks relief for her injuries on grounds of frau[...]

Louisiana Doctor Charged With Illegally Dispensing Over 1.2M Opioid Doses

September 22, 2021

On August 27, 2021, a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned an indictment charging a Louisiana physician for his role in distributing over 1,200,000 doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, outside the scope of professional practice and not for a [...]

New York Times Investigation Found At Least 21% Of Nursing Home Residents Were On Antipsychotic Medications

September 16, 2021

The New York Times reported that the worse a nursing home’s staffing situation, the greater its use of antipsychotic drugs. “That suggests that some homes are using the powerful drugs to subdue patients and avoid having to hire extra staff. (Homes with staffing shortages are also the most li[...]

Mississippi Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To $180M Health Care Fraud Scheme

September 5, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 20, 2021 that a Mississippi pharmacist pleaded guilty for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors for the referral of medically unnecessary compounded prescription[...]

Three Charged With Healthcare Fraud Scheme To Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees

August 29, 2021

The United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland announced on July 16, 2021 that a criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age 45, of Wellington, F[...]

Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Pay $37.5M To Settle Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks And False Claims For Implantable Medical Hardware

August 17, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 19, 2021 that Prime Healthcare Services system (“Prime”), one of the largest hospital systems in the nation, and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act. T[...]

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