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Labcorp Agrees To Pay $14.5 Million To Settle Urine Drug Testing Fraud Allegations

September 24, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on July 15, 2026 that Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp), a national diagnostics testing laboratory, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitti[...]

Health Care Software Company’s CEO Convicted Of $1B Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

August 1, 2025

A federal jury convicted the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC (DMERx) for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion. According to court documents and evidence presented at tri[...]

Walgreens Agrees To Pay $106.8M To Settle Allegations It Billed For Prescriptions Never Picked Up

November 8, 2024

The United States Department of Justice announced on September 13, 2024 that Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and state statutes for billing government health care programs for[...]

12 Skilled Nursing Facilities To Pay $21.3M For Allegedly Providing And Billing For Fraudulent Rehabilitation Therapy Services

September 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 10, 2024 that Strauss Ventures LLC, doing business as The Grand Health Care System, and 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal health care progra[...]

Texas Hospital Settles Concurrent Heart Surgeries Medicare Billing Allegations For $15 Million

August 30, 2024

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas announced on June 24, 2024 that Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (BSLMC), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. (SAT) have jointly agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims they billed for concurrent h[...]

California Woman Found Guilty In $24 Million Medicare Scam For Unnecessary Medical Equipment And Repairs

May 29, 2024

On June 27, 2023, Tamara Yvonne Motley, 54, a.k.a. “Tamara Ogembe,” of Redondo Beach, was found guilty by a federal jury of 20 counts of health care fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for billing Medicare more than $24 million b[...]

$45.6M Consent Judgment Against Six California Skilled Nursing Facilities To Settle Allegations Of Kickbacks To Referring Physicians

February 1, 2024

On November 15, 2023, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that Prema Thekkek, her Vacaville-based management company, Paksn Inc., and six skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) owned by Thekkek and/or operated by Paksn have agreed to enter into a $45[...]

Conviction In $67M “Doctor Chase” Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme

December 11, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 10, 2023 that a federal jury in Fort Pierce, Florida convicted a Florida man on October 6 for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $67 million by tricking physicians into authorizing thousands of genetic tests that were completely unnec[...]

Convictions For $93M Home Health Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme

December 9, 2023

On October 3, 2023, a federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida man and woman for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare by billing over $93 million for home health therapy services that were never rendered. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Karel Felipe, 42, of [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules FCA’s Scienter Element Refers To Respondents’ Knowledge And Subjective Belief

August 19, 2023

Court Rules On Knowledge And Subjective Belief Case: In its Opinion filed on June 1, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the False Claims Act’s scienter element refers to a defendant’s knowledge and subjective beliefs—not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known[...]

$8.5M Settlement Reached With Surgeon And Others For Simultaneous Surgeries

April 16, 2023

$8.5M Settlement Reached With Surgeon And Others: It was announced on February 27, 2023 that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP”), to resolve the [...]

North Carolina Physician Found Guilty Of Re-Using Single-Use Medical Device During 1,400 Surgeries

March 20, 2023

Physician Found Guilty Of Re-Using Single-Use Medical Device 1400 times: After a three-week federal jury trial, and 5 hours of jury deliberation, Anita Louise Jackson, 59, was found guilty on charges of adulterating medical devices for use on patients with intent to defraud and mislead, fabricating [...]

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