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Memorial Health Services, a Fountain Valley-based non-profit healthcare organization, has agreed to pay more than $31.5 million to resolve allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for prescription medication purchased and reimbursed…

A former Wichita nurse has been found guilty of Medicaid fraud, mistreatment of a dependent adult and drug possession, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Melissa Ann Seiber, 41, pleaded…

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an employee of an elderly assisted living facility who stole more than $100,000 worth of items from residents.

Lisa M. Alexander, 54, of Cheshire, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from her writing prescriptions for controlled substances outside the scope of…

Spyros Panos, a former orthopedic surgeon, who was previously convicted of healthcare fraud, pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, healthcare fraud, and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a…

Roger D. Beyer, MD, was sentenced to 57 months of incarceration for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and 12 months of incarceration to run concurrently for…

A Connecticut nurse was charged with tampering with liquid morphine prescribed to a patient. Danielle Works, 42, of Stafford Springs, Conn., was charged on Oct. 27, 2020 with tampering with…

Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic USA Inc. has agreed to pay $8.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce a South…

Latoya N. Joseph, 42, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment and six months’ home confinement for the crime of tax evasion. Ms. Joseph was the owner and…

Jennifer Caloia, age 56, a licensed pharmacist who owned and operated Dougherty Pharmacy in Morrisville, New York, from 1998 to 2015, pled guilty in federal court in Utica to one…