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$269.2 Million Settlement With Walgreens In Two Civil Healthcare Fraud Lawsuits

February 3, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York (Manhattan U.S. Attorney) announced on January 22, 2019 that the United States filed and settled two healthcare fraud lawsuits against national pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (“Walgreens”) in [...]

Texas Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Toddler’s Death During Unnecessary Dental Procedure

March 10, 2017

The parents of a 14-month-old child have filed a Texas dental malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against a dentist, his dental practice, and the anesthesiologist who provided anesthesia to the child for a dental procedure involving multiple baby root canals and crowns on four teeth, during which the[...]

Study Finds Banned Medicare Miscreants Still Able To Bill State Medicaid Programs

May 5, 2015

A recent analysis of federal and state data by Reuters found that more than one-in-five of the physicians and other health care providers who have been banned from participating in Medicare nonetheless were able to bill state Medicaid programs: Reuters found 1,800 physicians and other health care p[...]

Is This The Largest Case Of Medicare Fraud Ever?

December 2, 2012

A Denver, Colorado-based company called DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”) is a $7 billion company and one of the largest dialysis companies in the United States, with about 2,000 dialysis centers located throughout the United States. DaVita recently moved into its own office tower in Denver that r[...]

Chicago Psychiatrist Charged With Receiving Illegal Kickbacks And Filing False Claims

November 17, 2012

The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced on November 15, 2012 the filing of a civil fraud lawsuit against a Chicago psychiatrist, alleging that the psychiatrist received illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing anti-psychotic drugs and had [...]

New York Hospital Agrees To Pay $7 Million Civil Fraud Settlement

October 28, 2012

On October 24, 2012, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that a New York public hospital, Westchester Medical Center (“WMC”), through its parent corporation, has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a federal civil fraud lawsuit filed under the False Claims A[...]

California Hospital Chain Agrees To Pay $16.5 Million For Illegal Kickback Scheme

August 26, 2012

The FBI has announced that Los Angeles Doctor’s Hospital Inc., which is a subsidiary of Pacific Health Corporation, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal by paying illegal kickbacks to marketers who were paid to recruit homeless people and bring them to the [...]

Massive New York Medicaid Drug Fraud Alleged

July 19, 2012

Federal prosecutors have charged 48 people in a massive Medicaid drug fraud scheme that cost taxpayers upwards of $500 million. The fraud allegedly involved Medicaid recipients who were prescribed expensive medications who sold their drugs to third-parties for cash. The third-parties then sold th[...]

$452 Million Lost To Medicare Fraud

May 6, 2012

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the fourth nationwide sweep in the last two years for alleged illegal practices by Medicare providers (doctors, nurses, and social workers) that resulted in criminal charges against 107 Medicare providers who allegedly stole $452 mi[...]

Walgreens, Generic Drug Manufacturer Accused Of Overcharging

January 16, 2012

A recently filed federal lawsuit claims that the largest drugstore chain, Walgreens, and a generic drug manufacturer, Par Pharmaceuticals Cos., overcharged insurance companies, union health and welfare funds, and self-insured employers for generic versions of Prozac, Zantac, and generic versions o[...]

Health Care Fraud And Abuse – 2010

July 19, 2011

The Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) that was established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) coordinates federal, state, and local health care fraud and abuse enforcement actions. How Big Of A Problem Is Health Care Fraud And Abuse In[...]

Health Care Fraud Recoveries And Enforcement Actions

March 17, 2011

According to this report, during Fiscal Year 2010, the Federal government received approximately $2.5 billion in health care fraud judgments and settlements and the Medicare Trust Fund received approximately $2.86 billion including more than $683.2 million in Federal Medicaid money in fraud recove[...]

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