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South Carolina Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Opioids in Alleged ‘Sex for Scripts’ Arrangement

For eight months between May 2018 and January 2019, the only thing missing in Dr. David Carlos Rodriguez Jr.’s relationship with a female patient was rock & roll. He provided prescriptions for Oxycodone, and she provided the sex, prosecutors say.

Feature Raymond L. Daye | Sep 4, 2024

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Human Traffickers Found Guilty in Forced Labor Scheme

They came to the United States with hopes of a brighter future. What the two victims of Bolaji and Isiaka Bolarinwa found instead was a miserable existence, trapped in a life of slavery at the hands of two Nigerian immigrants, who themselves once came to the U.S. to seek better lives.

Feature Teresa Tennyson | Sep 3, 2024

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Medical Practice Settles for $600,000 after Violating False Claims Act

Owners of the medical practice named Orange Medical Care P.C. from Newburgh, New York, Ashikkumar A. Raval, and Manish A. Raval, were ordered to repay at least $600,000 of a $1.6 million lawsuit by the U.S. federal government, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Sep 3, 2024

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Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced to Two Years, Five Months in $59 Million Compound Scheme Fraud

When your doctor prescribes a custom compound medication for you, the last thing you’d expect is they’d get extra cheddar for doing so.

Report Jessika Saunders | Aug 22, 2024

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Spokane Medical Supply Company Pays $225K for Bogus Medicare Claims

The owner of a Spokane Valley medical supply company will pay almost $225,000 for a kickback scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary medical equipment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Aug 14, 2024

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New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

A New Orleans man, John M. Spivey, who pled guilty on July 30 to conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud will not be sentenced until April 15, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Aug 12, 2024

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U.S. Files Complaint Against Erlanger Health for False Medicare Claims, Improper Relationships with Physicians

A North Carolina/Tennessee healthcare company has been charged in federal court with Medicare fraud, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Aug 7, 2024

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Justice Department takes on Telehealth Providers over Deceptive Practices

In a significant move to combat healthcare fraud, the Justice Department, in coordination with the FTC, filed an amended complaint last month against Cerebral, Inc., a telehealth provider, and its executives.

Report Matthew Koelher | Jul 29, 2024

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Company Hid Malfunctions in Lead Tests for Children, Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges

Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company out of Billerica, Massachusetts, pled guilty to federal criminal charges in June over accusations that it concealed a malfunction of a device that recorded incorrectly low lead results in tests it provided for tens of thousands of their patients, many of whom were children, according to a Department […]

Report Nik Mebane | Jul 16, 2024

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Florida Man Settles Medicare Fraud Case by Paying $27 Million

Daniel Hurt, of Fort Lauderdale, has agreed to pay the government $27 million to settle allegations that he conspired to violate the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for cancer genomic tests (CGx) that were not necessary, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.

Report Nik Mebane | Jul 4, 2024

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Medical Fraud – What You Need to Know

It’s a crime that costs Americans billions. An offense that endangers lives. And no one is immune from the effects of these unlawful acts– they literally affect each and every one of us. The crime is medical fraud.

Resource Teresa Tennyson | Jun 21, 2024

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Interview with Senior AAG Thomas Worboys

Interview Teresa Tennyson | May 23, 2024

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Healthcare/Medical

South Carolina Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Opioids in Alleged ‘Sex for Scripts’ Arrangement

Human Traffickers Found Guilty in Forced Labor Scheme

Medical Practice Settles for $600,000 after Violating False Claims Act

Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced to Two Years, Five Months in $59 Million Compound Scheme Fraud

Spokane Medical Supply Company Pays $225K for Bogus Medicare Claims

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

U.S. Files Complaint Against Erlanger Health for False Medicare Claims, Improper Relationships with Physicians

Justice Department takes on Telehealth Providers over Deceptive Practices

Company Hid Malfunctions in Lead Tests for Children, Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges

Florida Man Settles Medicare Fraud Case by Paying $27 Million

Medical Fraud – What You Need to Know

Interview with Senior AAG Thomas Worboys

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