NC Physician Assistant Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Role in $10M Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
A physician assistant was sentenced to prison for his role in a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving genetic testing. Colby Edward Joyner, 37, of Monroe, NC, was sentenced to…
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Ten Pharma Executives, Sales Reps, and Brokers Charged in 70M Opioid Pill Sales
Charges against five pharmaceutical distributor executives and five pharmaceutical sales representatives and brokers have been unsealed in the Southern District of Texas, Southern District of Florida, Eastern District of Missouri,…
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Kansas Nursing Home Employee Pleads Guilty to ID Thefts
A former employee of a Wichita Falls nursing home pleads guilty to theft using elderly residents’ credit card information she obtained while the residents were out of their rooms.
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Kansas Brothers Plead Guilty to $3.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Two Kansas men pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to defraud a federal healthcare program. According to court documents, Todd Eck, 60, of Wichita, and Bradley Eck, 56,…
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Indiana Doctor Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution
Johann Farley, 60 years old, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud. Farley was sentenced to…
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SC Medicaid Call Center Operator to Pay $11.3M for False Claims Act Violations
Conduent State Healthcare, LLC, headquartered in New Jersey, has agreed to pay $11,358,767 to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from Conduent’s fraudulent reporting of call center performance metrics and…
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Florida Company Charged with Selling Misbranded N95 Masks During Early COVID-19
A Florida company, and two individuals associated with the company, have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to charges associated with shipping facemasks that were misbranded as N95 respirators,…
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Florida AG’s Medicaid Fraud Unit Recovers $700K in Multistate Toxicology Lab Case
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured more than $700,000 in a multistate action against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. The action comes after allegations that…
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Texas Hospital CEO to Pay over $5.3M to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Laboratory Testing
Former hospital chief executive officer (CEO) Jeffrey Madison, of Georgetown, Texas, has agreed to pay $5,343,630 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act involving illegal payments to physicians for…
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Lehigh Valley-Area Doctor Agrees to Pay $45,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Maneesh Ailawadi, MD, has agreed to pay $45,000 plus interest to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he caused the submission of…
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