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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[...]

Owner Of Telemedicine Companies Charged With $110 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

May 5, 2024

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on February 16, 2024 that the owner of Expansion Media (Expansion) and Hybrid Management Group (Hybrid) has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a $110 million telemedicine fraud scheme in[...]

$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[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Nursing Home Did Not Violate Benefits Conversion Statute

December 22, 2023

A former employee of a nursing home brought a qui tam action against Catholic Health System of Long Island (“CHS”) alleging that CHS and certain of its affiliates falsely certified their compliance with federal law in violation of the federal False Claims Act and in violation of N[...]

$29M Settlement For Overbilling Medicare For Oxygen Equipment

November 8, 2023

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced on August 29, 2023 that Lincare Holdings, Inc., a Florida-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of German multinational chemical corporation Linde plc, has agreed to pay $29 million and perform extensive corrective actions to resol[...]

Former CEO Of Medical Device Company Indicted For Allegedly Selling Fake Pain Treatment Device

October 12, 2023

CEO Indicted For Selling Fake Pain Treatment Device: On March 9, 2023, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the filing of a two-count Indictment (the “Indictment”) charging Laura Perryman, the former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of STIMWAVE LLC, a Flo[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Government Has Broad Right To Dismiss False Claims Act Cases

August 18, 2023

Government Has Broad Right To Dismiss False Claims Act Cases: One useful and effective avenue to recover money erroneously spent by the U.S. government on fraudulent health care claims has been the False Claims Act, which allows lawsuits to be filed by whistleblowers under its qui tam provisions. Un[...]

Maryland Hospital And Radiology Practice Pay $2M To Settle False Claims Act Case Regarding Billing of Services To Medicare and Medicaid

May 10, 2023

$2M To Settle False Claims Act Case: On March 20, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, Inc. (“DCMC”) and Diagnostic Imaging Associates, LLC (“DIA”), both located in Lanham, Maryland, have agreed to[...]

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice

April 19, 2023

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice: On February 28, 2023, a federal civil jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. Distr[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendant In Qui Tam Lawsuit

March 7, 2023

Summary Judgment Reversed In Qui Tam Lawsuit: In its opinion filed on August 9, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a qui tam action brough[...]

Lab Owner Convicted In $463 Million Genetic Testing Scheme To Defraud Medicare

February 17, 2023

Lab Owner Convicted In $463 Million Genetic Testing Scheme: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 14, 2022 that a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Minal Patel, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, who owned LabSolutions LLC (LabSolutions), a lab enrolled with Medicare th[...]

$308K Paid By Yale To Resolve Violations Of Controlled Substances Act Allegations

January 13, 2023

Yale Paid $308K after violating the Controlled Substances Act: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced on October 4, 2022 that Yale University, on behalf of Yale Medicine and the Yale Fertility Center, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal govern[...]

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