All Latest Medical Fraud News
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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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Acadia Healthcare, one of the biggest for-profit chains of psychiatric hospitals, has agreed to settle fraud claims alleged by the federal government, according to a Sept. 26 Justice Department statement.
As of Oct. 2, 2024, Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has settled accusations of False Claims Act violations by agreeing to repay $27 million to the federal government.
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