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Princess Terry, 27, has been sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft, and has also been charged with wire fraud and making a…

Dr. Dominick Piacente, a New York family physician, has agreed to pay the United States $150,000 to resolve civil allegations that he paid kickbacks and caused false claims to be…

Nava K. Nawaz, MD of Mechanicsburg, PA has agreed to pay the United States $850,000 to resolve allegations that she submitted fraudulent travel claims to the Medicare program. As part…

Brianna Duffy was supposed to start serving a five-year federal prison term in January for diluting the pain medication of at least 16 nursing home patients at a half-dozen facilities.

Uzma Ehtesham, 52, a Wise, Virginia psychiatrist who defrauded Virginia Medicaid and Medicare by fraudulently billing these programs for services, pleaded guilty to federal healthcare fraud. According to court documents,…

A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a forty-count indictment on November 3, 2020 against Andrew Lynn, D.P.M., 63, of Knoxville, Tennessee, charging him with healthcare fraud. The indictment alleges…

A Canoga Park-based company that sells home medical equipment has paid $565,873 to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary medical supplies…

An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Candie Starr, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lincoln Health System (LHS) in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Lincoln…

A Florida home health aide is accused of stealing a terminally ill cancer patient’s credit card that her son later used for a $700 spending spree at Walmart, a report…