A patient recruiter was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for receiving more than $1 million in illegal kickback payments. Dominic Trumbo, 45, who owned a consulting agency in Virginia, recruited – or paid others to recruit – more … Read More
A doctor and the former owner of a Long Beach hospital was sentenced this morning to 15 months in federal prison for taking part in a long-running health care fraud scheme where he authorized sham contracts that concealed over $30 … Read More
Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) for sleep apnea and other sleep-related disorders, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve allegations under the False … Read More
A Fort Worth couple have been indicted on federal charges related to illegal kickbacks involving clinical laboratories in Texas and Virginia. A McKinney man also was indicted by a federal grand jury last month on the same charge, according to … Read More
Three North Texas residents have been indicted for conspiring to pay for patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown. The indictment was unsealed today. The Anti-Kickback Statute … Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that a Massachusetts-based laboratory has agreed to pay nearly $27 million to settle claims that they improperly billed federal healthcare programs for lab tests. The settlement resolves allegations that the company, Laboratory … Read More
MCALLEN (KGBT) — A former Texas mayor and two others associated with a Texas health care company were found guilty on Wednesday for their roles in a $150 million healthcare fraud scheme. According to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick, one … Read More
Pine Creek Medical Center, assailed by unprofitability, failures in patient care and accusations of fraud, quietly shut down this past summer. Signs posted on the front doors of the 15-bed hospital said it had closed July 24 and directed anyone … Read More
Avanir Pharmaceuticals (Avanir), a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Aliso Viejo, California, was charged for paying kickbacks to a physician to induce prescriptions of its drug Nuedexta, the Department of Justice announced today. The Northern District of Ohio also announced indictments … Read More
The owner of a now-defunct Elsa durable medical equipment business will serve more than three years in prison and ordered to pay back nearly $900,000 in restitution. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced Everardo Villarreal to a 40-month prison sentence, … Read More
Gary D. Newsome, former CEO of Health Management Associates LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that was headquartered in Naples, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $3.46 million to settle allegations that he caused HMA to knowingly submit false … Read More
