The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 21, 2019 that MedStar Health Inc. (“MedStar”), which has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, have agreed to pay… Read More
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$269.2 Million Settlement With Walgreens In Two Civil Healthcare Fraud Lawsuits
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”)… Read More
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$240 Million Health Care Fraud Allegedly Committed By Texas Doctor
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 14, 2018 that a 61-year-old physician based in the McAllen, Texas area has been charged in an indictment for his role in a $240 million health care fraud and international money laundering… Read More
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Florida Oncologist Sentenced To Almost 6 Years In Prison For Providing Patients With Unapproved Cancer Drugs
On August 7, 2017, a Florida oncologist was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison after she was found guilty on November 18, 2016 by a federal jury following a nine-day trial for her receipt and delivery of… Read More
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$1B Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Miami-Area Nursing Homes
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 22, 2016 that the owner of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant have been charged in federal court with conspiracy, obstruction, money… Read More
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Texas-Based Nursing Home Corporation Agrees To $3.2M Settlement For Ambulance Kickback Scheme
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced on November 30, 2015 that Texas-based Regent Management Services L.P. (“Regent”), which manages 12 separately owned and operated nursing facilities, including 11 in seven Texas cities, has agreed to pay approximately… Read More
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Ohio Cardiologist Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud
On September 25, 2015, a federal jury in Ohio found an Ohio cardiologist guilty of a Medicare fraud scheme, after a four-week trial and more than a day of jury deliberations. The Ohio cardiologist was found guilty of performing unnecessary cardiac catheterizations,… Read More
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Two Maryland Physicians Convicted Of $2.5M Health Care Fraud
On September 4, 2015, a federal jury in Maryland convicted two Maryland physicians, who are husband and wife, of health care fraud arising out of their ownership and operation of a pain management clinic, after an eight-day trial. The alleged health care… Read More
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Largest Medicare Fraud Sweep Involving $712M In Alleged Medicare False Billings
On June 18, 2015, the U.S. Attorney General and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the largest nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical… Read More
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Study Finds Banned Medicare Miscreants Still Able To Bill State Medicaid Programs
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… Read More
