Medical Fraud
All Latest Medical Fraud News
Induced Into Harm: When Doctors and Hospitals Betray Mother and Child
“Where is my baby? Why can’t I hear her.”
Birthing Expert Says Induced Labor Is Overused
Early induction of labor is increasing worldwide. It isn’t that 21st-century women are less able to carry their babies to full term than 20th-century women were. Other factors are in play, and they’re not the same in every country.
Virginia Hospital Indicted For Unnecessary Hysterectomies, Defrauding Medicare
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia was indicted by a federal jury for allegedly committing healthcare fraud and conspiring to defraud the government. Prosecutors assert that the hospital enabled Dr. Javaid Perwaiz, an OBGYN, to perform medically unnecessary hysterectomies.
Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Compound Drugs Kickback Scheme
John Ageudo Rodriguez, 55, from McAllen, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16 to conspiracy charges involved with paying kickbacks for prescription referrals, according to a DOJ press release.
UCHealth to Pay $23 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations
University of Colorado Health, doing business as UCHealth, has agreed to pay for allegedly violating the False Claims by automatically upcoding emergency room visits, according to a Justice Department press release.
Feds: Florida Ophthalmology Practice Paid Kickbacks, Defrauded $1.3 Million
An ophthalmology practice called Brandon Eye, which has offices in Brandon, Sun City and Plant City, Fla., has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve violations of the federal False Claims Act and a similar state statute, according to a Nov. 12 Justice Department press release.
Feds: QOL Medical Paid “Kickbacks” in the Form of Free Breath Testing Kits
Frederick E. Cooper and his pharmaceutical company QOL Medical agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by offering kickbacks in the form of free Carbon-13 breath testing services, to induce claims for QOL’s drug Sucraid, according to a Justice Department press […]
Preying on the Vulnerable: Tennessee Clinic Owner Coerced Patients to Have Unnecessary Back Injections, Overbilled $35 Million
Michael Kestner, a 72-year-old owner of Pain MD and MedManagement, Inc. clinics in Franklin, Tenn., has been convicted of orchestrating a healthcare fraud scheme that involved pressuring vulnerable patients into receiving unnecessary back injections, primarily targeting individuals undergoing opioid addiction treatment.
Pharmacy Owner/Aspiring Screenwriter Overbills Healthcare Insurers for $41 Million in OTCs never received
Ivor Jallah, a 37-year-old pharmacy owner from Dallas, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a massive healthcare fraud scheme.
Man Pleads Guilty to Falsifying and Not Performing Covid-19 Tests
Zishan Alvi, a 45-year-old man from Inverness, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 to his role in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme, according to a press release by the Justice Department.
Brooklyn Adult Day Care and Home Care Business Charged in $68 Million Medicaid scheme
Eight defendants were charged on Oct. 8 with a total of 14 counts of crimes related to a $68 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
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