EL PASO – Today federal authorities arrested 60-year-old Dr. Brian James August of El Paso for allegedly committing health care fraud and distributing controlled substances that resulted in the overdose deaths of five individuals. A 15-count federal grand jury indictment, … Read More
Texas mothers on Medicaid could keep their health coverage for half a year after giving birth, instead of just two months, under a bill passed by the Senate early Thursday. Maternal health advocates said the bill — originally pitched as … Read More
Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), a health care system which operates dental clinics in Southern New York and Pennsylvania, is to pay $2.7 million dollars to resolve federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) allegations, the U.S. Department of Justice … Read More
A Waxahachie, Texas, nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $52 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare and insurance fraud scheme, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for … Read More
A Gainesville doctor recently convicted of healthcare fraud could face up to 35 years in federal prison. Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn is set to sentence Dr. Mark E. Gibbs, Dr. Laila Hirjee and nurse Tammie Little at … Read More
WASHINGTON – Mahsa Azimirad, 41, of Rockville, Maryland, pled guilty on May 24, 2021, to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme where she was paid over $813,000 by defrauding the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program. … Read More
Three medical professionals who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare have been convicted of healthcare fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. On Monday, a federal jury found Novus Health Services Medical Directors … Read More
In 1993, Dr. David Silber, a dentist now practicing in Plano, Texas, was fired from the first dental clinic he worked for. He’d been assigned to a patient another dentist had scheduled for a crown preparation — a metal or … Read More
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Federal authorities accused a licensed therapist of billing millions of dollars in a healthcare fraud scheme. 45-year-old Maria Kokolis entered a plea of not guilty in federal court Friday. The Williamsburg Wellness Center owner and licensed counselor … Read More
PHILADELPHIA (STL.News) Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims … Read More
WASHINGTON (STL.News) SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that Sava violated the False Claims Act by causing its skilled nursing … Read More
A Las Vegas woman who pleaded guilty to bilking North Carolina Medicaid out of $13 million for the purchase of airplanes, vehicles, property and luxury jewelry was sentenced Tuesday to more than 14 ye …….We hope you appreciate our content. … Read More
Ilan T. Graff, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that cardiologist ASIM HAMEEDI was sentenced to 20 months in prison for orchestrating a widespread healthcare fraud scheme from approximately … Read More
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas was the first to sue the Biden administration, and its lawsuits continue. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration primarily over immigration and oil and gas policies, now adding … Read More
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced that the University of Miami will pay $22 million to the federal government to settle allegations it … Read More
BOISE — Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced Idaho and other states have reached an agreement with Indivior plc and Indivior Inc. to settle allegations that the company falsely and aggressively marketed and promoted the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper … Read More
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three area Ascension Texas hospitals are paying $20.9 million in fines for paying multiple physician groups above fair market value for services. Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin and … Read More
May 12, 2021 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has obtained convictions against the former operator of a home care nursing agency in Worthington who defrauded Minnesota’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program of more … Read More
Telehealth advocates are struggling to allay lawmakers’ fears about increased Medicare costs as they seek to capitalize on momentum from the pandemic’s shutdown on in-person care. Expanding telemedicine is a rare unifying force among industry giants that want to broaden … Read More
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, May 11, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — According to a press release issued by the US Department of Justice, Rodney Mesquias, 48, of San Antonio, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in … Read More
WILLIAMSBURG — A Williamsburg wellness center owner was indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding Virginia Medicaid and other health care programs out of more than $2 million. According to a Friday, May 7 announcement from the Department of Justice, … Read More
A pair of bills would ease restrictions on dental care by allowing training hygienists to do routine procedures without the presence of a dentist, particularly at schools. Hygienists could, for example, administer local anesthetics, under supervision, and perform dental hygiene … Read More
Fear of catching coronavirus is still keeping people from going to the dentist, which is now leading bigger health problems and concerns [link to news video below]. Source: Dental charity event helping curb rising health concerns / yahoo!news
A major Phoenix hospital is paying $10 million to settle a federal court lawsuit that alleged neurosurgeons were misleading patients and submitting false claims to Medicare. The plaintiff in the 2018 lawsuit claimed Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital … Read More
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that on April 27, 2021, Healthy Home & Family, Inc., an in-home health care provider, and its owners, Belinda Bivens and Mary Stockson, have entered into a civil settlement agreement totaling $302,127 in restitution … Read More
Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that Holli Telford Lundahl, age 64 of Oelrichs, South Dakota was convicted by a jury on charges of three counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft after … Read More
A Minnesota woman will hang on to $100,000 in damages against a dentist who misrepresented his financial condition to her because state law allows patients to sue medical providers for fraud, a Minnesota appeals court said. Michael Smilanich’s representation that … Read More
HOUSTON – A 58-year-old resident of Richmond has been ordered to prison for 25 years following her convictions of conspiracy and aiding and abetting health care fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A Houston jury returned guilty verdicts … Read More
KILLEEN, Texas — The coronavirus pandemic has lead to consequences in oral health. More than 70% of dentists surveyed by the American Dental Association are seeing more patients experiencing teeth grinding and clenching, which are often caused by stress. “That … Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has put many events on hold, including some that may have seen like ordinary health errands like a checkup at the dentist. Routine dental visits for adults who know the drill—no pun intended— and children learning to … Read More
Federal authorities announced charges against five people in New Jersey and Florida in what they said was a $93 million health care fraud scheme involving orthotic [sic] braces. The U.S. attorney’s office also announced Thursday that two people connected to … Read More
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced Friday the final four sentences of a $189 million Medicare fraud scam dating back about a decade. Bobby Rouse, Steven Houseworth, Jeffery Parsons and David Edson all served on … Read More
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $300,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Dr. Benjamin C. Udoh and Hanora Medical Center of Fayetteville, North Carolina, submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare. Today’s settlement is part … Read More
LONG BEACH, Calif. & BLOOMFIELD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) and Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Molina will acquire Cigna’s Texas Medicaid and Medicare-Medicaid Plan (MMP) contracts … Read More
Cox Family Dentistry in Plano will be administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, April 29. “Right now we are scheduling Thursday’s appointments 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. but plan to open later hours as well as Friday and the weekend … Read More
AUSTIN — The Texas House late Thursday passed a $246.8 billion, two-year state budget that would move cautiously and delay spending tens of billions in forthcoming federal aid. “These are one-time relief dollars,” said Rep. Greg Bonnen, the House’s chief … Read More
Creekwood Dental Arts has been voted the Best Dentist in Waco, TX for the third year in a row by Locals Love Us. This website welcomes members of the community to vote in more than 200 different categories for their … Read More
HARLINGEN, Texas (April 22, 2021)—A Texas man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients … Read More
The owners of four orthotic brace suppliers and several marketing companies were charged in a complaint unsealed yesterday for allegedly orchestrating a nationwide kickback and bribery scheme to order medically unnecessary orthotic braces for Medicare beneficiaries. Thomas Farese, 78, of … Read More
A Humana Inc. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick some patients were, according to a federal audit. The federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General’s … Read More
