Over the course of the past five months, millions of American workers have lost their health insurance as the coronavirus pandemic has ignited a jobs bloodbath and threatened wide layers of the population with destitution. Ever since mid-March, the United … Read More
Sean McCaffity, one of the lawyers representing Joshua Lafountain in his qui tam action against 71 dentists and dental entities, lost the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 3rd Congressional District on July 14 to Lulu Seikaly, another Dallas lawyer who was … Read More
BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today, July 16, her office has filed a complaint under the Massachusetts False Claims Act against major drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt ARD LLC for allegedly underpaying millions of dollars in rebates to the … Read More
Job loss stemming from the coronavirus stripped health insurance from an estimated 659,000 Texans between February and May, according to a new study. The analysis, published Tuesday by Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer advocacy group, found that 5.4 million laid-off … Read More
“BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Registered dental assistant Maria Uranday, 40, was arraigned last week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud, identity theft, and grand theft after allegedly falsifying insurance claims to AFLAC in order to receive undeserved payouts. An investigation … Read More
HAMILTON, N.J., July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — P&R Dental Strategies, LLC, the premier dental insights company, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to supply data to help identify … Read More
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement of an additional $4 billion award for Texas health care providers impacted by COVID-19. The funds are provided under … Read More
The COVID-19 death rate data publicly reported in Texas may be skewed lower than the actual death rate, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. Texas publicly reports just confirmed COVID-19 deaths, which means patients who die before undergoing … Read More
The gap between what hospitals actually spend to treat Medicaid patients and the Medicaid reimbursement amount for that care will get about $1 billion smaller in 2021. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on July 2 that, together with the Texas … Read More
In a Houston hotel room she shared with another traveling nurse her second night in town, Taylor Cummins thought about the months ahead of treating COVID-19 patients in one of the country’s hotspots for the virus. The registered nurse left … Read More
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 552,000 people worldwide. Over 12.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the … Read More
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage our communities and our economy on a scale that is difficult to quantify, many Texas companies—from energy to health care, tech to life sciences—have had to take the lifeline that was extended to … Read More
State officials have proposed cutting $133 million in health services from the current budget, whittling away dollars in women’s health, child abuse protection and services for adults and children with disabilities, according to advocates. The cuts are in response to … Read More
As health officials continue to urge people to wear masks in public, a dentist in Canada has shared a genius hack for making face masks fit better. Olivia Cui typically shares dental health tips and offers entertaining insight on what … Read More
With cases of the new coronavirus and related hospitalizations rising at alarming rates, Gov. Greg Abbott expanded his ban on elective medical procedures Thursday to cover more than 100 counties across much of the state. Surgeries and other procedures that … Read More
ASan Diego ventilator manufacturer agreed to pay more than $37 million in January to settle a civil lawsuit alleging it defrauded the federal government through illegal kickbacks to suppliers, admitting no guilt. Two months later, the U.S. Department of Health … Read More
RICHMOND, Va. — A Texas doctor agreed to pay more than $200,000 to settle allegations brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas that she violated the False Claims Act by taking kickbacks from True Health … Read More
Bibi Tasleyma Sattar, D.O., and her practice, Oakmont Wellness Center, PA, (collectively, “Dr. Sattar”) have agreed to pay $210,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving accepting payments for patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as … Read More
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – A Texas woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Virginia Medicaid Program out of more than $2.8 million. According to a release from Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger, Katrina Lynch, 39, of Cypress, owned and operated A … Read More
An indictment filed by the United States claims a fire that destroyed a Texas orthopedist’s home was started to destroy evidence of a healthcare fraud scheme. In October 2017, a fire destroyed the $1.6 million Fort Worth home of Mark … Read More
A woman burned down her $1.6 million suburban Fort Worth mansion while trying to destroy documents from her husband’s health care clinic as authorities were investigating the couple for fraud, prosecutors allege. A seven-count federal indictment, filed June 17, charges … Read More
A Miami entrepreneur who led a rural hospital empire was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday in what federal prosecutors called a $1.4 billion fraudulent lab-billing scheme. In the indictment, prosecutors said Jorge A. Perez, 60, and nine others exploited … Read More
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. They wanted a bit more peace of mind before spending 13 days in close quarters along with three friends. The … Read More
New York: An Indian origin cardiologist and the administrator of her company have agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations that they submitted irregular billings to Medicare, the government health insurance programme for senior citizens, according to officials. Southern Texas … Read More
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — A Beverly Hills doctor and a woman investigators described as his wife, the owner of a Los Alamitos-based laboratory, are behind bars Wednesday on charges of stealing about $52 million in an alleged insurance fraud scheme. … Read More
Three Texas healthcare providers will face trial for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and mail fraud, according to the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation. On June 17, 2020, a federal grand jury returned indictments against Arlington-based … Read More
An Arlington physician routinely issued prescriptions for drugs without conducting a proper medical examination of patients, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas alleged. At times, Dr. Clinton Battle approved prescriptions for controlled substances including hydrocodone, codeine, tramadol, … Read More
Ten people have been indicted in a complex scheme to allegedly defraud private insurance companies of more than $1 billion for medical testing. The Justice Department unsealed the indictments Monday in Jacksonville, Florida. Eight of the defendants are from Florida. … Read More
The Trump administration filed a brief in the Supreme Court late Thursday night claiming that the “entire [Affordable Care Act] must fall” in the middle of a pandemic that has killed more than 120,000 people in the United States and … Read More
WASHINGTON (CN) — The morning after the Trump administration told the Supreme Court that Obamacare “must fall” without the tax on people who do not purchase health insurance, Democrats offered swift reproof Friday. “It is unfathomable that, as we gathered … Read More
One thousand nurses and support staff at HCA Healthcare are set to strike today at the Riverside Community Hospital in California over concessions the hospital chain is demanding from frontline health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread … Read More
Under pressure from the nation’s largest dental industry organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reversed its guidance on dental procedures in May, advising dentists it may be safe to open for routine care despite the ongoing coronavirus … Read More
BEAUMONT, Texas — A 43-year-old physician practicing in Beaumont has been indicted on federal health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Grigoriy T. Rodonaia, of Port Neches, Texas, was indicted … Read More
AUSTIN, Texas — As the number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continues to climb, the Texas Department of Emergency Management said it’s prepared with plenty of personal protective equipment – or PPE – for hospitals across the state. Chief Nim … Read More
A mansion that belonged to a Tarrant County doctor and his wife burned down in 2017 when the couple tried to destroy evidence of their multi-million-dollar healthcare fraud scheme, federal authorities say. Mark and Melissa Kuper were indicted on charges … Read More
FRISCO, Texas — Dentist Dunia Korous is focused on making her patients comfortable. Patients will often times seeing her in a pink or brightly-colored coat because she wants to help people with white coat syndrome. “I’m the type of dentist … Read More
Washington — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be holding two webinars to assist eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers with their applications to receive funding from the department’s Enhanced Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal. … Read More
Stanford, CA, June 19, 2020 –(PR.com)– The Department of Justice just filed its second Statement of Interest urging the Federal Court to rule against Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford medicine, and Stanford Hospitals and Clinics). The Complaint alleges that Stanford … Read More
Dr. Tami Phan, an optometrist who operates Perfect Vision Associates in a Meyerland strip mall, temporarily closed her practice in late March after social distancing guidelines shut down non-essential services. With her bank account dwindling as bills kept coming in, … Read More
Currently, if there is one profession that invokes fear and dread in most people, it’s dentistry. Patients are always anxious and apprehensive about being poked and prodded with drills and sharp instruments during routine dental procedures. Add to that the … Read More
