Mail-Order Diabetic Testing Supplier and Its Parent Company Agree to Pay $160 Million
Arriva Medical, LLC, at one point the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent, Alere Inc., have agreed to pay $160 million…
Montana Nurse Practitioners Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud
Two Montana nurse practitioners have been sentenced for conspiring to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars. Janae Nichole Harper, 34, of Kalispell, was sentenced to…
Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicaid out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Sikirat Adunni Brown, 59, of Upper Marlboro, Md., pleaded guilty to defrauding the DC Medicaid program out of more than $340,000. Brown admitted that, at…
Government Intervenes in False Claims Act Lawsuits against Kaiser Permanente Affiliates
The United States has intervened in six complaints alleging that members of the Kaiser Permanente consortium violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate diagnosis…
NJ Pharmacy Employee Admits to Kickback and Bribery Scheme
A pharmacy employee admitted to conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County, New Jersey…
Florida Home Health Aide Arrested for Medicaid Fraud
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Fort Pierce Police Department, arrested a St. Lucie County home health aide…
Virginia Dermatologist Sentenced for Diverting Pain Medication
A dermatologist formerly employed at a dermatological practice in the City of Charlottesville was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, including a period of home confinement…
Owner of Business Providing Physical Therapy Services Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison
Chief US District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Harshe Shende, age 57, of Hanover, Maryland, to 15 months in federal prison, followed by two years…
Former Florida Doctor Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison
US District Judge William Jung has sentenced Dr. Richard Davidson (Delray Beach, 42) to six years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.…
Former UT nurse found guilty of swapping out painkillers for saline
A federal jury found a Sandy man, who formerly worked as a nurse, guilty of tampering with painkillers pre-loaded in syringes for patient use.