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Settlement Announced For Fraudulent Medicare Billing Scheme In Maryland

February 22, 2014

On February 18, 2014, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a medical billing company, its owner, and three Maryland medical practices that were clients of the medical billing company have agreed to pay a total of $3,340,979.50 to resolve claims that the medi[...]

Kentucky Hospital Settles Unnecessary Stent Claims

February 16, 2014

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on January 28, 2014 that a Kentucky hospital has agreed to pay the United States $16.5 million to resolve civil claims that it submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and to Kentucky Medicaid programs for medically unn[...]

Virginia Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled For Fungal Meningitis Death

February 9, 2014

A man suffering from back pain received contaminated steroids at a Roanoke clinic and died as a result of fungal meningitis. His family has now settled for an undisclosed sum the medical malpractice lawsuit that they had filed in December 2012 and that had sought $25 million in damages. The man ha[...]

13 Medicare Part B High-Billing Clinicians Responsible For $34M In Overpayments In 2009

December 29, 2013

In a report issued in December 2013 by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), it was reported that 13 Medicare Part B clinicians, each of whom billed Medicare $3 million or more in 2009, were responsible for mor[...]

California Urologist Faces Multiple Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

December 6, 2013

For the second time this year, a Salinas, California urologist has been sued by a former patient for medical malpractice, alleging that the urologist had the patient undergo five unsuccessful lithotripsies for kidney stones from September 2008 to March 2012 that were motivated by the urologist’[...]

“Mobile Doctors” Charged With Massive Federal Health Care Fraud Scheme

December 2, 2013

On August 27, 2013, the CEO of Mobile Doctors was charged with fraudulently increasing Medicare bills for in-home patient visits by falsely claiming that the visits were longer and more complicated than they actually were. Mobile Doctors is a Chicago-based company that manages physicians in six st[...]

India Drug Company Settles Massive False Claims Act Case

December 1, 2013

A large generic drug manufacturer based in India has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit by paying $350 million to resolve federal and state claims plus $150 million in criminal penalties. The federal lawsuit had alleged that Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (“Ranbaxy”) had viola[...]

Johnson & Johnson Agrees To Pay More Than $2.2 Billion To Resolve Investigations

November 6, 2013

The U. S. Department of Justice announced on November 4, 2013 that Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) has agreed to pay in excess of $2.2 billion to resolve civil and criminal investigations relating to J & J’s prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega, and Natrecor. The allegat[...]

Dr. Spyros Panos: How Did One Surgeon Cause So Much Harm?

September 27, 2013

On September 2, 2013, 44-year-old former New York orthopedic surgeon Dr. Spyros Panos surrendered his medical license, closing the last chapter of his disgraced medical career that had ended with charges filed by the New York Office of Professional Medical Conduct that alleged that Dr. Panos ha[...]

Medical Firm Agrees To Pay $14.5 Million To Settle Medicare Overbilling Allegations

September 7, 2013

On July 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Tacoma, Washington-based Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. (“Sound Inpatient”), a provider of hospitalists and other physicians to 70 hospitals and post-acute facilities in 22 U.S. states, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to s[...]

Kentucky Hospital Agrees To Pay $2,833,408.60 To Settle False Claims Allegations

August 22, 2013

On July 1, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky and the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that University Medical Center (University of Louisville Hospital) has voluntarily entered into a settlement agreement w[...]

D.C. Cardiologist Ordered To Pay More Than $17 Million For Fraudulent Claims

August 3, 2013

Earlier this week, a nuclear cardiologist who has practiced in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) since 2002, and two of his companies, had a judgment entered against them in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in excess of $17 million for submitting false nucle[...]

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