Man Caught Selling Fentanyl to Pennsylvania Hospital Patient
Sayre police arrested a man from Binghamton, NY, after he allegedly sold drugs to a hospital patient at Robert Packer Memorial Hospital, where staff reported…
Florida Man Arrested after Battering Disabled Nursing Home Residents
According to a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office press release, detectives assigned to the Robbery & Homicide Unit have arrested a Florida man for two counts…
SC AG Announces Woman Charged with Stealing Thousands from Vulnerable Adult
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Jannie C. Johnson, 74 years…
New York Operations Manager Pleads Guilty to Medical Kickback Scheme
A New York operations manager pleaded guilty to conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Timothy…
Telehealth Company Pays $386,000 to Resolve Allegations of Overbilling
US Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky announced that CompreCare Health LLC, and its affiliates, doing business as Meditelecare LLC, agreed…
Physician Sentenced for Prescription Drug Conspiracy Resulting in Death
Shakeel Kahn, age 57, was sentenced to 25 years in prison with five years of supervised release to follow for crimes involving drug distribution, firearms…
Physicians Toxicology Lab to Pay $4.425M for Unnecessary Drug Testing
US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Physicians Toxicology Laboratory, LLC (PTL) of Tampa, Florida, has agreed to pay $4,425,000…
US DOL Uncovers Wage Theft in Care Industry, Recovers $735K
A recent series of US Department of Labor (DOL) investigations shows a substantial increase in the number of care industry employers in California who are…
Connecticut Psychiatrist to Pay $450K for False Claims and Drug Violations
Naimetulla Ahmed Syed, MD has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay $455,439.26 to resolve allegations…
LabCorp and Health System to Pay $388,667 for Alleged False Claims Act Violations
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Laboratory Corporation of America, Labcorp Tennessee, LLC (collectively, LabCorp), and University Health System, Inc. (UHS) have paid $388,667.17 to resolve…