Contract Rehab Provider to Pay $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services
Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC (Encore) has agreed to pay $4.03 million to resolve allegations that Encore violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing three Michigan skilled nursing facilities to…
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Pentax Medical Company Agrees to Pay $43 Million to Resolve Criminal Investigation Concerning Misbranded Endoscopes
Pentax Medical Company will pay $43 million to resolve criminal charges based on the company’s shipment of four types of endoscopes for 18 months without FDA-cleared instructions for use and…
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Wisconsin Physician Agrees to Pay Financial Penalties to Resolve Allegations That He Prescribed Opioids Illegally and Violated False Claims Act
United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that Dr. Mehran Heydarpour of Brookfield, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid pain medications in violation of…
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New Jersey Chiropractor Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Knee Injections and Knee Braces and Related Kickbacks
David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation…
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Physician Assistant Agrees to Pay $620, 500 for Allegedly Engaging in Illegal Kickback Scheme
A Louisiana physician assistant entered into settlement agreement this week with the US Attorney’s Office for allegedly accepting illegal payments from OK Compounding, LLC, in return for recommending and prescribing…
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Virginia Former Medical Employees Plead Guilty to Prescription Fraud Scheme
Two women pleaded guilty yesterday for their respective roles in helping run a “pill mill,” which led to the fraudulent dispensing of thousands of prescription opioid pills. According to court…
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Connecticut Optician Group Pays More Than $263K to Resolve False Claims Allegations
Your Eyes of New Britain, Inc., and its owner, Carol Sanderson, have entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay more than…
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Georgia Man Arrested for Orchestrating Scheme to Defraud Healthcare Benefit Programs Related to COVID-19 and Genetic Cancer Testing
A Georgia man will appear in court for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud federally funded and private healthcare benefit programs by submitting fraudulent testing claims for COVID-19…
Read More »Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and One of Its Former Mental Health Therapists Agree to Pay $27,500 to Resolve Potential False Claims Act Liability
Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc. and Sharmon James, a mental health therapist formerly employed by Progressions, have agreed to pay $27,500 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act set…
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Manhattan US Attorney Files Civil Fraud Suit against Anthem, Inc., for Falsely Certifying the Accuracy of Its Diagnosis Data
The United States filed a civil fraud lawsuit against ANTHEM, INC. alleging that ANTHEM falsely certified the accuracy of the diagnosis data it submitted to the Centers for Medicare and…
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