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Feds Detail $65 Million Nationwide Conspiracy To Defraud Federal Health Care Programs

June 12, 2021

The owners of four orthotic brace suppliers and several marketing companies were charged in a complaint unsealed on April 21, 2021 for allegedly orchestrating a nationwide kickback and bribery scheme to order medically unnecessary orthotic braces for Medicare beneficiaries. The complaint alleges tha[...]

Three Florida Men Charged With $46M Healthcare Fraud

May 25, 2021

The U.S. Departmnet of Justice announced on May 3, 2021 that three telemarketing company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $47 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme involving the referral of medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs in excha[...]

Former Florida Cancer Center President Indicted For Antitrust Conspiracy

October 23, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 24, 2020 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Dr. William Harwin (“Harwin”), founder and former President of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (“FCS”), for conspiring to allocate m[...]

Anesthesiologist To Spend 66 Months In Prison For His Part In $200M Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 10, 2020

A 61-year-old anesthesiologist was sentenced on August 10, 2020 to 66 months in federal prison for his part in a $200 million health care fraud scheme, after pleading guilty to his involvement in the scheme involving the Forest Park Medical Center, a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal[...]

Compounding Pharmacist Found Guilty In $21.8M Health Care Fraud Case

April 13, 2020

The United States Department of Justice announced on March 11, 2020 that a federal jury in Texas has found a 75-year-old pharmacist guilty of charges related to health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. After a six-day trial, the jury convicted the pharmacist on one count each of conspira[...]

Seven Indicted For $50M In Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions In 50-Count New Jersey Indictment

March 28, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey announced on March 15, 2019 that a federal grand jury has returned a 50-count indictment charging seven people with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $50 million by submit[...]

$2.5 Billion Recovered From Health Care False Claims Act Cases In Fiscal Year 2018

February 7, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 21, 2018 that the Department obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. Recoveries since 1986, when Congress [...]

Rampant Fraud Involving Scar And Pain Creams Sold By Compounding Pharmacies And Prescribed By Doctors

November 30, 2017

A 22-year-old Texas woman was found dead in her bathtub by her mother in November 2014 from the toxic effects of two drugs in the prescription pain cream that she used shortly before her death, which was prepared by a Texas compounding pharmacy. Shortly before her death, the young woman texted a fri[...]

$19.3 Billion Recovered By U.S. In Health Care Fraud Claims

December 26, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 14, 2016 that the Department of Justice had recovered $19.3 billion in health care fraud claims from January 2009 to September 30, 2016, which was 57% of the health care fraud dollars recovered in the 30 years since the 1986 amendments to the Fals[...]

Two Doctors Sentenced To Prison On Same Day In Different States For Taking Kickbacks

July 6, 2016

Two doctors, one from New York and one from New Jersey, were sentenced to prison on June 8, 2016 in two separate criminal cases for taking illegal kickbacks (i.e., bribes) for referring their patients for medical services to medical companies that paid them kickbacks. The New York family practice ph[...]

Largest U.S. Health Care Fraud Takedown Announced

July 2, 2016

On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Attorney and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the largest nationwide health care fraud sweep to date, in terms of the number of defendants charged and the loss amount, led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal distri[...]

Indicted Michigan Spine Surgeon In More Hot Water

January 8, 2015

In November 2014, a Michigan spine surgeon was federally indicted for alleged Medicare fraud and other criminal charges arising out of an alleged health care fraud scheme in which he performed lumbar spinal surgeries on patients and billed Medicare and other health insurers, including Medicaid [...]

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