Precision Lens Agrees to Pay $12M to the United States for Kickbacks to Doctors in Violation of the FCA
Precision Lens and the estate of its former principal, Paul Ehlen, have agreed to pay the United States $12 million to resolve a case involving…
Office of EMS Associate Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $4M from the Virginia DOH
A Midlothian man pled guilty to mail fraud, federal program theft, and tax evasion in connection with a scheme to misappropriate millions of dollars from…
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Erlinger Health System
The United States has filed a complaint against Murphy Medical Center, Inc. doing business as Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority doing…
South Carolina Pharmacist Sentenced for Unlawfully Compounding Radioactive Drugs
Richard A. Sheriff, 73, of Easley, has pleaded guilty to adulteration of a drug and been sentenced to two years of probation. Sheriff also forfeited…
Michigan Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Causing Patient’s Drug Overdose Death
Dr. Bernard Shelton, 67, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of a patient’s overdose death that resulted from…
Foreign National Charged for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
A federal grand jury in Houston returned an indictment charging an Indian national with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit…
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Clinics Settle Overbilling Allegations for $850K
The United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia have reached an $863,934 civil settlement with certain substance use disorder treatment clinics serving patients from Virginia…
United States Obtains $26M in False Claims Act Judgments Against Laboratory Companies and Their Owner
On July 18, the US District Court for the District of Maryland entered default judgments for the United States totaling $26,341,951.38 against Patrick Britton-Harr and…
Admera Health Agrees to Pay over $5M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Kickbacks
Admera Health LLC (Admera) has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions…
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud Violations
A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud insurance providers for physical therapy services that were…