Two Individuals Arrested for Conspiring to Defraud Purported Purchasers of Personal Protective Equipment
A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Donald Allen and Manuel Revolorio with conspiracy to commit wire fraud by seeking more than $4 million from a…
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Testing Laboratory Agrees to Pay up to $43 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medically Unnecessary Tests
Genova Diagnostics Inc., a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False…
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Surgeon Agrees to Pay $1.75 Million to Resolve Allegations that He Accepted Kickbacks from SpineFrontier
The US Attorney’s Office announced that Dr. Jeffrey R. Carlson of Newport News, VA has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve allegations that he accepted kickbacks from SpineFrontier, Inc.,…
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Georgia Telemedicine Company Owner Charged in $60 Million Fraud Scheme
A Georgia woman who operated a telemedicine network through two companies has been charged for her alleged participation in an ever-growing healthcare and telemedicine fraud scheme. Charlene Frame, the operator…
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Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
An ambulance transportation company that operates throughout Virginia has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transports, in violation of…
Read More »Centra Health Inc. and Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, Throat, and Plastic Surgery, Inc. Agree to Pay Nearly $10 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Centra Health Inc. and Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, Throat and Plastic Surgery, Inc. have agreed to pay the government $9,345,845 to settle claims alleging they violated the False Claims Act…
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Missouri Nursing Home Nurse Allegedly Used Patient’s Credit Card, Tried to Take Van, Cadillac
A nurse at a nursing facility in Marshall was charged for allegedly using a patient’s credit card to spend $3,000 and attempting to take the patient’s van and Cadillac.
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Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth in Telehealth ― and Concern about Fraud
On March 17, Medicare chief Seema Verma stepped to the podium at a White House coronavirus briefing and unveiled a “historic action” to promote virtual medical care, or telehealth.
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Psychiatrist Affiliated with Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley-Area Health Clinics Who Claimed to Have Seen over 120 Patients per Day Agrees to Pay $91,109 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Pramod Pilania, M.D., has agreed to pay $91,109 to resolve potential liability under the False Claims Act. Dr. Pilania was a psychiatrist…
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Rhode Island Chiropractor to Plead Guilty to Healthcare Fraud, Tax Evasion
A Providence chiropractor has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he allegedly executed a scheme to defraud healthcare benefits programs and that he allegedly failed to pay taxes to…
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