Health Care Fraud

Physician, Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Plead Guilty in Montgomery “Pill Mill” Case These Guilty Pleas Raise the Number of Convictions in this Case to Eight Montgomery, Alabama – During the past few weeks, three more health care providers have pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill” prosecution arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office,

Former Registered Nurse Sentenced To Six Years’ Imprisonment For Health Care Fraud HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joan Cicchiello, age 67, of Annville and Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 9, 2018, to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release by

Occupational Therapist Owner of TSM Sentenced for Making False and Fraudulent Statements Related to Health Care Benefits GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On April 16, 2018, Jose Penaranda Tan, 58, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison. In addition to

Tennessee Doctors Plead Guilty in $65 Million TRICARE Fraud Assistant U. S. Attorneys Benjamin J. Katz and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9604 and (619) 546-9714 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 11, 2018 SAN DIEGO – Two doctors, Carl Lindblad and Susan Vergot, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that they participated in a health care fraud

Huntsville Nursing Home Pays the United States and the State of Texas $5 Million to Settle Claims Alleging Poor Quality of Care HOUSTON – Health Services Management Inc. (HSM) has paid the United States $5 million to resolve claims that the company billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for worthless services and for services that

Fort Worth Man Arrested on $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth, Texas, man, David Williams, 54, was arrested yesterday by special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a federal complaint charging him with engaging in a scheme to defraud insurance companies by submitting over $25 million

Pharmaceutical Employee Admits Scheme To Defraud Military Health Insurance Program NEWARK, N.J. – A Media, Pennsylvania, man today admitted defrauding TRICARE – a health insurance program for members of the military and their families – by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Jason Cerge, 41, a pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical Employee Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs CAMDEN, N.J. – A Northfield, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and New Jersey Attorney

South Carolina Family Practice Chain, Its Co-Owner, and Its Laboratory Director Agree to Pay the United States $2 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations for Illegal Medicare Referrals and Billing for Unnecessary Medical Services Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina LLC (FMC), has agreed to pay the United States $1.56 million, and FMC’s