Home Health Agency Operator to Pay $17M to Resolve False Claims Act Kickback Allegations
A home health agency (HHA) operator has agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks…
Business Owner Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Multimillion Dollar Medicaid Fraud
Timothy Mark Harron, a Las Vegas resident, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $4,321,590.39 in restitution to the North…
US Obtains $140M in One of the Largest Ever False Claims Act Judgments in South Carolina
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina has entered $140 million in default judgements against a group of South Carolina pain…
South Carolina Medical Provider Pleads Guilty to Federal Healthcare Fraud
Joseph Benjamin Barton, 47, of Mount Pleasant, the owner and operator of Midlands Physical Medicine LLC in Richland County, has pleaded guilty to a felony…
Missouri healthcare system agrees to pay $1,624,957.67 to resolve allegations that physician wrote invalid prescriptions
The United States has reached a civil settlement with Saint Francis Medical Center (Saint Francis) resolving the Government’s claims under the Controlled Substances Act. According…
Connecticut Woman Sentenced for Theft from Healthcare Benefit Program
A Connecticut woman was sentenced in federal court for theft from a healthcare benefit program. Melissa Tansey, 51, was sentenced to one year and one…
Woman accused of selling bogus vaccination cards to hospital and nursing home workers
A New Jersey woman calling herself the AntiVaxMomma on Instagram sold several hundred fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop to New York City-area…
Laboratory Owner Pleads Guilty to $73 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
A Florida man pleaded guilty for his role in a $73 million conspiracy to defraud Medicare by paying kickbacks to a telemedicine company to arrange…
Sutter Health and Affiliates to Pay $90 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Sutter Health, a California-based healthcare services provider, and several affiliated entities including Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (dba Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter East Bay Medical…
Colorado Nurses Held Accountable for Taking Controlled Substances from Patients
In two separate cases, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado held nurses accountable after they stole controlled substances from their patients. Katie…