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Federal Appellate Court Holds District Court Erroneously Applied Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Hospital Fraud Claim

May 25, 2026

Jon Lodwick Brunenkant presented at the Emergency Department of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on October 10, 2015 with symptoms of abdominal pain, persistent nausea, and vomiting. After ordering a CT scan of Brunenkant’s abdomen — along with an electrocardiogram and an ultrasound — a[...]

Georgia Gastroenterology Practice Pays $4.75M To Settle Kickbacks And Unnecessary Medical Testing Services Allegations

April 25, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on February 27, 2026 that Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates located in Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by receiving kickbacks in exchange for referrals of gastrointestinal pathol[...]

Five Ophthalmology Practices Pay $6M To Resolve Allegations Of Fraudulent Medicare And Medicaid Claims For Cranial Ultrasounds

March 11, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on January 15, 2026 that Florida ophthalmology practices Clay Eye Holdings LLC, Retina Macula Specialist of Miami LLC, Florida Eye Institute P.A., Miami Eye LLC, and Kendall Eye Institute Inc. have agreed to pay a total of nearly $6 million to resolve alleged[...]

Former CFO Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $4.8M From Virginia Birth Injury Fund

February 9, 2025

A Providence Forge, Virginia man pled guilty on October 8, 2024 to embezzling funds from his former employer, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program (Birth-Injury Program). According to court documents, John Hunter Raines, 38, was the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy D[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates False Claims Act Case Involving Radiology Practice

July 8, 2024

Eric Stenson, an Arizona-based information technology executive, sued Radiology Limited, LLC, a radiology facility inTucson, Arizona, alleging that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by submitting false claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”). Stenson a[...]

OIG Advisory Opinion OKs Bonus Payments To Employed Physicians

December 20, 2023

Federal Anti-Kickback Statute The Federal anti-kickback statute makes it a criminal offense to knowingly and willfully offer, pay, solicit, or receive any remuneration to induce, or in return for, the referral of an individual to a person for the furnishing of, or arranging for the furnishing of, an[...]

Ohio Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million In Prescription Drug Kickback Conspiracy

March 26, 2023

Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million: Deepak Raheja, 66, of Hudson, Ohio, was sentenced on February 3, 2023 to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi after he pleaded guilty to his role in a pharmaceutical kickback conspiracy. In addition to the prison se[...]

Florida Physical Therapy Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes

December 26, 2022

Florida Physical Therapy Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes: The U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida announced that a federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of five defendants for his role in a health care fraud scheme operated out of a physic[...]

Florida Physical Therapy Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes

September 21, 2022

Physical Therapy Clinic Owners & Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes: The U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida announced that a federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of five defendants for his role in a health care fraud scheme operated out of a physical [...]

False Claims Act: Kickbacks In The Health Care Industry

March 22, 2022

Kickbacks in the healthcare industry are pernicious because of their potential to subvert medical decision-making and to increase healthcare costs. In addition to pursuing improper payments by drug manufacturers, the department resolved other schemes involving the willful solicitation or payment of [...]

Texas Appellate Court Upholds That Fraud Claim Against Hospital Was Health Care Liability Claim

March 8, 2022

The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its January 6, 2022 Memorandum Opinion in a Texas medical malpractice case: “Because Soliz’s negligent credentialing claims are HCLCs [health care liability claims][...]

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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Federal Appellate Court Holds District Court Erroneously Applied Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Hospital Fraud Claim

Georgia Gastroenterology Practice Pays $4.75M To Settle Kickbacks And Unnecessary Medical Testing Services Allegations

Five Ophthalmology Practices Pay $6M To Resolve Allegations Of Fraudulent Medicare And Medicaid Claims For Cranial Ultrasounds

Former CFO Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $4.8M From Virginia Birth Injury Fund

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates False Claims Act Case Involving Radiology Practice

OIG Advisory Opinion OKs Bonus Payments To Employed Physicians

Ohio Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million In Prescription Drug Kickback Conspiracy

Florida Physical Therapy Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes

Florida Physical Therapy Clinic Owners, Employees Sentenced For Multiple Fraud Schemes

False Claims Act: Kickbacks In The Health Care Industry

Texas Appellate Court Upholds That Fraud Claim Against Hospital Was Health Care Liability Claim

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

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