Five People Charged, Two Others Admit Guilt, in $93 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Five individuals have been charged and two others have pleaded guilty in New Jersey for their roles in massive durable medical equipment and genetic cancer…
California Home Healthcare and Hospice Agencies Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare
Liana Karapetyan, 41, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay…
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $13 Million Medicaid Fraud Conviction
Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Timothy Mark Harron of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy…
California Medical Practice Agrees to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Cares Act Paycheck Protection Program
Sandeep S. Walia, MD, a Professional Medical Corporation (Walia PMC), and Sandeep S. Walia, MD, the corporation’s owner and president, have agreed to pay a…
Manager of Hospice and Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison for Role in $150 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A Texas man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and…
Two Montana nurse practitioners admit telemedicine scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $18 million
Two nurse practitioners in Montana this week admitted charges that they conspired to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars in a scheme in which they…
NY Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.5 million Healthcare Fraud Schemes
A New York woman pleaded guilty to perpetrating schemes to defraud healthcare programs, including obtaining more than $6.5 million from Medicare Part D Plans and…
Comprehensive Pain Specialists and Former Owners Agree to Pay $4.1 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations
Acting US Attorney Mary Jane Stewart and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced that they have entered into agreements with Anesthesia Services Associates,…
Ex-Nursing Home Owner Gets 2 1/2 Years for Stealing Benefits
A former Connecticut nursing home operator has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars of employees’ benefits.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Agrees to Pay $2.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc., and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc. (collectively “Massachusetts Eye…