Michigan Physician and Practice Agree to Pay over $2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
James Aronovitz, DO, and Michigan Ear Care PLLC have agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by charging the Medicare and…
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Physician and Owner of Medical Clinic Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medi-Cal Family Program
The owner and sole physician at a Bellflower medical clinic has pleaded guilty to submitting millions of dollars’ worth of false claims to a Medi-Cal healthcare program that provides family…
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DOJ Resolves Allegations Tacoma Spine Surgeon Billed for Unnecessary Surgeries
US Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced the resolution of a False Claims Act qui tam matter alleging a Tacoma physician billed government insurance programs for medically unnecessary spinal surgeries. CHI…
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NY State Health Department Issues Penalty to Nurse for Falsifying Pediatric Vaccine Records
The New York State Department of Health has issued a $55,000 penalty as part of a Stipulation and Order signed by a Monroe County nurse who created false immunization records….
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Florida Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than $97M for Healthcare Fraud
A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Daniel Hurt, 59, was sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was…
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Ambulance Service Owner Sentenced to over Six Years in Prison for Employment Tax Scheme
A Virginia businessman was sentenced to 78 months in prison for evading the payment of employment taxes, filing false tax returns, and obstructing the IRS. According to court documents and…
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Tennessee Woman Charged with Taking Money from Nursing Home Residents
A Tennessee woman is facing a charge of theft over $10,000 related to allegations of taking $1,000 a month from two clients at a Whitwell nursing home and charging personal…
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Two Arrested for Defrauding Company that Sought to Purchase PPE at Outset of Covid-19 Pandemic
A criminal complaint was unsealed charging Jonathan Cannon and Julie Dotton with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud a company seeking to purchase personal protective equipment (“PPE”)…
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Chicago Healthcare Company and Its Owner to Pay $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit
A Chicago healthcare company and its owner will pay $1 million to the United States to resolve a civil lawsuit arising from the submission of false claims to Medicare. Brian…
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Florida Hospital System Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Resolve Liability Relating to Self-Disclosure of Improper Discounts
Baptist Health System Inc., located in Florida, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing its subsidiaries to offer…
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