GA Medical Practice Office Manager Sentenced for Embezzling More Than Half a Million Dollars
The former office manager for an Augusta medical practice has been sentenced after admitting she stole more than half a million dollars from the business.…
US Files Suit against Calif. Skilled Nursing Chain and Its Owner for Allegedly Paying Illegal Kickbacks to Physicians
The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against a Vacaville company alleging one of its owners and seven skilled nursing…
US Recovers $650,000 from RI Providers Who Billed Medicare and Medicaid for Screening Tests Not Performed
Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus announced that the United States has reached a settlement that resolves civil claims against Zaheer Shah, M.D. Park…
Two PA Chiropractic Practices Pay over $800,000 to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability
Two related, integrative chiropractic practices and their chiropractor owners have agreed to make payments totaling $805,978 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for…
TX Pain Doctor Pays to Settle Allegations Arising from False Billing
A 44-year-old physician from Laredo has paid $340,437.68 to resolve allegations he falsely billed Medicare for the use of electro-acupuncture devices. Dr. Marte A. Martinez…
Additional Co-Conspirators Charged in FL Prescription Diversion Scheme
A South Florida grand jury has charged five additional defendants for their alleged roles in a sophisticated scheme to purchase and distribute millions of dollars…
Former PA Health System COO Sentenced to Prison on Fraud and Tax Charges
A married couple from Butler County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court on fraud and tax charges. Stephanie J. Roskovski, 51, of Butler, PA,…
TX Healthcare Practitioners to Pay over $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
Three separate healthcare providers within the Western District of Texas have agreed to pay a collective $1,056,340.50 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act…
Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Distributing Oxycodone
Ivan Lamont Robinson, 50, of Washington, DC a licensed nurse practitioner, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $108,000. Robinson…
CA Chiropractor Guilty of Healthcare Fraud Charges that She Schemed to Defraud Health Insurers Out of $2.2M
A former Orange County chiropractor was found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges accusing her of defrauding health insurers by fraudulently submitting and…