Health Care Fraud

Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Defrauding the IRS by Failing to File Tax Returns Used Patients’ Personal Information to Fraudulently Bill Medicaid Resulting in Losses Over $1.2 Million< Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Elma Myles, […]

Healthcare Service Provider to Pay $60 Million to Settle Medicare and Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations A major U.S. hospital service provider, TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC), has agreed to resolve allegations that IPC violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, the […]

Oklahoma City Woman Pleads Guilty to Committing Health Care Fraud and Food Stamp Fraud Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – SHALONDA SUGGS, 36, of Oklahoma City, pled guilty last Thursday to health care fraud in connection with submitting false claims to Medicaid for behavioral health counseling services, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the

Seven Sentenced in $6 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme HOUSTON – The final seven of eight convicted in a $6 million fraudulent Medicare billing scheme have been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A Houston federal jury has returned guilty verdicts June 28, 2016, against Giam Nguyen, D.O.,47, of Houston; Benjamin Martinez,

Family-Owned Ambulance Company to Pay $12.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Medstar Ambulance, Inc., four of its subsidiaries, and its two owners, Nicholas and Gregory Melehov, have agreed to pay $12.7 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims for ambulance transports. “Our office is committed

Baxter Healthcare Corporation To Pay More Than $18 Million To Resolve Criminal And Civil Liability Relating To Sterile Products Company Failed to Follow Good Manufacturing Practices in North Carolina Facility WASHINGTON – Healthcare company Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) has agreed to pay $18.158 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from Baxter’s failure

RGV Area Doctor Charged in Health Care Fraud and Illegal Kickback Scheme McALLEN, Texas ‐ A Rio Grande Valley area doctor has been charged in a federal indictment for his scheme to defraud Medicare and to solicit and obtain illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal grand jury