Oak Street Health, a CVS subsidiary, agreed on Sept. 18 to pay $60 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to third-party insurance agents, according to a DOJ press release.
Jarett Robert Lewis, a 44-year-old man from Washington D.C, was arrested on Sept. 5 and charged with embezzling more than $320,000 from a non-profit advocacy organization.
Accusations of bias and a cover-up still plague the sports world even after the World Anti-Doping Association exonerated 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs before the Tokyo Summer Olympics, which were held in 2021.
Morice Armani Brown, a 24-year-old man from Jamaica residing in Florida, was sentenced to 63 months in prison, with an additional year on supervised release for his role in defrauding an elderly woman from Lenoir City, Tennessee.
Jonathan Freeze, a 65-year-old man accused of conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud, pleaded guilty on Sept. 4 before United States District Judge Robert J. Colville, according to a plea agreement obtained by The Daily Muck.
The Department of Justice and the Treasury Department have launched a coordinated response to combat Russia’s efforts to manipulate public opinion in the U.S.
Dennis W. Haggerty, a 48-year-old man from Burr Ridge, Ill., was sentenced to spend six years and five months in federal prison for misappropriating over $1.85 million in company funds, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois.
“Ignorance and Empathy” may sound like the title of a Jane Austen novel, but they are two causes of what can be called “innocent” Medicare fraud. However, health care providers must remember two maxims: ignorance of the law is no excuse, and the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has audited New Mexico’s Medicaid personal care services (PCS) program, finding that the State of New Mexico did not correctly vet attendants to ensure they were qualified, according to an HHS Inspector General audit posted on Sept. 5 and announced in a press release.
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