HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Security Rule Ransomware Case for $250,000
On September 26, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with a privately-owned healthcare provider…
Home Healthcare Agencies Settle Fraud Claims for $9.75M and Agree to Pay $7.5M
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced settlement agreements with Brooklyn-based…
EEOC Sues Inova Surgery Center, LLC for Disability and Age Discrimination
Inova Surgery Center, LLC, which operates outpatient surgery centers in Northern Virginia, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment…
Owner of Hawaii Physical Therapy Clinics Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
United States Attorney Clare E. Connors announced that Stephen Timothy Wells, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court to executing a scheme to defraud healthcare benefit…
Former Pediatrician Indicted for Sexual Assault at Rhode Island Assisted Living Facility
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former pediatrician from Pawtucket has been indicted on multiple counts of sexual assault against a…
Physician and Office Manager Pay $450K to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
The physician and office manager of a medical practice in Jackson, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve civil allegations that the physician unlawfully…
Electrostim Medical Services to Pay $20M for Excessive Billing and Unnecessary Supplies
Florida-based durable medical equipment supplier Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. (EMSI) and its Founder and Chairman Mario Garcia, Jr. have together agreed to pay, based on…
Pain Doctors Sentenced to 6 ½ Years in $45 Million Healthcare Fraud
Two pain management doctors who pantomimed injections on patients were sentenced to six and a half years apiece for healthcare fraud. Drs. Desi Barroga, 51,…
Acadia Healthcare to Pay $19.85M for Unnecessary Behavioral Health Services
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Franklin, Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the…
Healthcare Entities to Pay over $7.2M to Settle Fraud Allegations
A hospital, a laboratory, three lab employees, and a referring physician and his office manager have agreed to collectively pay the United States more than…