Two TX Home Health Agency Owners Charged in Healthcare Fraud and Illegal Kickback Scheme
Two home health agency owners, Tataw Charlz Bisong and Angela Bisong, both 57 and from Stafford, are set to appear in federal court on charges they fraudulently billed more than…
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Healthcare Company Owner to Pay $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case
The former owner of Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle claims she knowingly and willfully paid improper kickbacks for referrals of Medicare…
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NY Psychiatrist Going to Federal Prison for Bilking Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Healthcare Benefit Programs
Muhammad Cheema, MD, 47, of Pittsford, NY, who was convicted of healthcare fraud, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. The defendant was also to pay restitution totaling $813,495.48…
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Former Owner of Healthcare Staffing Company Indicted for Wage Fixing
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a therapist staffing company, for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices by lowering the rates…
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MA Psychiatrist Indicted for Billing Medicare and Private Insurance for Services Never Rendered
Gustavo Kinrys, 49, a Natick psychiatrist, was arrested in connection with charges that he billed Medicare and private insurance companies for over $10 million in treatments he did not provide…
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Pennsylvania Resident Sentenced in Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A resident of Pittsburgh was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and healthcare fraud. Terra Dean, 46, was sentenced to four years of probation,…
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Chiropractor and Related Practice to Pay $175,000 as a Part of False Claims Act Liability Settlement Agreement
Chiropractor Matthew Wood and his practice, Life Health Medical Center (“LHMC”), have agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for allegations he improperly billed Medicare…
Read More »Two Charged with Stealing from Louisiana Nursing Home Resident
Nathan McCall, 31, and Megan Norris, 35, both of Shreveport, were arrested for having an elderly victim’s car and checkbooks while the victim was in a local nursing home, according…
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Fraudsters Who Stole Protected Health Information to Fund Spending Spree Plead Guilty
Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, Texas, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer on Dec. 3, 2020. Their co-conspirator,…
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HHS Announces False Claims Act Working Group to Enhance Efforts to Combat Fraud
December 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of a False Claims Act Working Group (Working Group) that enhances its partnership with the Department of…
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