Posts Tagged ‘Fraud’

Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Louisiana Health Care Fraud Scheme

Filed under: reporting medicare fraud

WASHINGTON—An Atlanta resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a Louisiana-based Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of …
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Senior Spotlight: Patrol offers advice on Medicare fraud

Filed under: reporting medicare fraud

“Our goal is to educate seniors so they can spot a scam before it happens and report it to our hotline number.” The toll-free number to report Medicare fraud is (877) 767-4359. The Senior Medicare Patrol is a federally-funded program of the Jewish …
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Hospices Dumping Patients While Escaping Millions Owed to US

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Wyoming Medical Center Responds To Fraud Charges

Filed under: medical billing fraud

In 2007 former employee, Gale Bryden, charged the medical center with using fraudulent billing practices. Casper – January 4, 2012 – Wyoming Medical Center yesterday was served with a whistle blower suit originally filed by a former employee in 2007 …
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Former Psychiatrist Gets Judgment, Jail Time for Fraud

Filed under: medical billing fraud

The child, who had a severe seizure disorder, had been referred to Dr. Applebaum for the medical management of various medications, but prosecutors claimed the physician also billed Medicaid for individual psychotherapy services. "The billing code for …
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LA pastor gets 15 years in a .2 million Medicare fraud scheme

Filed under: medical billing fraud

Question by : I’m nervous about MEPS..Advice?
Ok so I’m going to list all my dispositions and tell me if you think I wont get disqualified for the NAVY..

I had four parking tickets… ALL PAID…

Progressive car insurance filed a lawsuit against claiming “fraud” so they wont pay for my therapy after my car accident… i was fine but i faked it…so i just let the time, to respond to the summons, run out so i could get default judgement and just pay it off when I get to the Navy

I got X rays and Mri’s on my knees and my back… they didnt find anything except a discoid meniscus and scarring on my patella…. nothing that prevents me from walking but on my medical sheet I didnt put that down….

More Medicaid Fraud
Filed under: medical billing fraud

Another day another Medicaid fraud settlement. In this one, Shield Healthcare, a California medical supplier, paid $ 5 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit that alleged that Shield submitting inflated bills to California's Medicaid program. …
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Company targeted by Feds for health care fraud
Filed under: medical billing fraud

US Attorney Jerry Martin, in interviews and speeches, has vowed to prosecute fraud cases of all sizes in Middle Tennessee, from individuals running sham storefronts to elaborate false-billing schemes. Prosecutors here have closed several cases in …
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FDIC Nominee, Investor Fraud, MF Global, Sandoz: Compliance
Filed under: false claims act

Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys Inc., a specialty pharmacy, sued Sandoz under the US False Claims Act, as well as similar laws in California and Florida, which allow whistle-blowers to sue on behalf of the government and share in any recovery. …
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Merck Pays a Pittance for Mass Deaths
Filed under: false claims act

On the home front, Pfizer has paid $ 2.3 billion for violating the federal False Claims Act and bribing institutional purchasers in connection with Bextra, Lipitor, Viagra, Zithromax, Norvasc, Lyrica, Relpax, Celebrex, and Depo-provera. …
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Attorney General Enters into Criminal, Civil Investigation
Filed under: false claims act

“Based in part on Mr. McLaughlin's public admission to submitting false statements to the Commonwealth in connection with his compensation, this Office is investigating whether Mr. McLaughlin may be subject to liability under the False Claims Act,” …
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Rep. Cliff Stearns targets Medicare fraud
Filed under: hospital medicare fraud

Seaman also noted that Stearns, who had written an op-ed piece on the fraud issue after the March hearings, had failed to point out instances of corporate malfeasance, such as that of the Columbia-HCA hospital chain, which paid almost $ 2 billion in …
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Feds recover million in 2011
Filed under: hospital medicare fraud

Of that $ 48 million, the office recovered more than $ 4.1 million from the Forum Health System stemming from overbilling of Medicare. Forum, which owned Western Reserve Care System and formerly owned Trumbull Memorial Hospital, identified in a …
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