A dentist recorded working on a patient while on a hoverboard was found guilty of Medicaid fraud and endangering patients Friday. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton found Dr. Seth Lookhart’s guilty on 46 counts. Lookhart was found to have … Read More
In video footage from 2016 that was played in court and broadcast by Anchorage’s KTUU television station, Dr. Seth Lookhart appears to extract a tooth from the mouth of his patient, Veronica Wilhelm, while moving slightly back and forth on … Read More
A physician who Alaska prosecutors say filed millions of dollars in false claims for laboratory tests has been charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of medical assistance fraud. Dr. John Zipperer Jr. defrauded the Alaska Medicaid program by performing more … Read More
A Mt. Vernon dentist has agreed to give up his dental license this month after he was charged with arson and pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud. Reports say Thomas Alms, 64, surrendered his license according to documents filed Dec. 10. … Read More
It has now been a common belief that opioid addiction begins at the doctor’s office. It’s hard to dispute that assertion now as New Jersey physician Morris “Moishe” Starkman has been guilty of said act. The former Bordentown, NJ doctor … Read More
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Monday that Arkansas, as part of a national settlement, has resolved allegations that Avalign Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiary Instrumed International, Inc. (“Defendants”) violated the Federal and State False Claims Acts. The … Read More
BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont counselor pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to health care fraud after overbilling Medicaid nearly $270,000. Douglas Duane Franklin, 59, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn on Friday according to a news release … Read More
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—FBI agents were at South Bend Family Dentistry on Thursday morning. A spokesperson for the FBI’s Indianapolis Division confirmed that agents were serving a federal search warrant but did not provide any other information. Federal agents were coming … Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that nine people have been arrested after an 18-month investigation for allegations that they defrauded the South Carolina Medicaid Program. According to a release from the AG’s office, New Outlook … Read More
A man and his “marketing company” have been named in a five-count federal indictment for a scheme that paid workers to solicit elderly residents for information used to fraudulently bill government medical programs. Patrick Siado, of Texas, and his company, … Read More
CHARLESTON — A $700 million multi-state settlement to resolve allegations that the maker of Suboxone improperly marketed and promoted the drug in its distribution was announced on Thursday by the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office. It is the first settlement … 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
LUBBOCK, Texas — On Tuesday, a federal judge partially unsealed a lawsuit against Covenant Health in which Dr. Howard Beck made allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. In September 2016, Beck filed a Qui Tam lawsuit against Covenant. Qui Tam … Read More
Richmond and Burke county grand juries have returned eight indictments in a Medicaid fraud case involving suspects from across the country. A Richmond County grand jury Tuesday indicted Timothy Smith, Dylan Logsdon and Robert Garcia each on one count of … Read More
EDINBURG — Two men accused of defrauding Texas Medicaid nearly a decade ago entered not guilty pleas to charges of fraud Monday morning. Edinburg resident Osama Bachir Nahas, 64, faces four charges of Medicaid fraud while Pharr resident Gerardo Javier … Read More
A CMS rule expands its ability to revoke or deny providers’ position serving in federal networks in an effort to combat fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. “The provisions we are finalizing in this rule are necessary to address various … Read More
A Pharr man who has been entangled in allegations of defrauding Texas Medicaid was arrested again Thursday. Gerardo Javier Jackson, 51, is charged in an indictment issued Aug. 22 with a single count of Medicaid fraud. He’s accused, along with … Read More
An Edinburg doctor was arrested and released Friday on a combined $400,000 in bonds on four charges of Medicaid fraud. A Hidalgo County grand jury on Thursday indicted 64-year-old Osama Bachir Nahas on accusations he defrauded Texas Medicaid from Jan. … Read More
A 55-year-old Rockledge woman who Florida law enforcement authorities said bilked Medicaid out of $45,000 for in-home care not provided, was arrested Tuesday. Laura Leace, a participant in the Consumer Directed Care Plus program geared toward assisting people with disabilities, … Read More
A former auditor for Nebraska’s Medicaid office has been sentenced to 16 months in jail and ordered to pay nearly $277,000 in restitution after he pled guilty to benefit fraud. Craig Barnett became his father’s power of attorney in February … Read More
A former Warren dentist received a suspended prison sentence Tuesday for Medicaid fraud after making arrangements to pay about $136,032 in damages, restitution and fines within a week. John Steven Durmon, 60, had been charged with four counts of fraud … Read More
Comprehensive Pain and Headache Treatment Centers, LLC and its owner, Dr. Mark Thimineur, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments to resolve allegations that they improperly billed the Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid programs. The … Read More
AUSTIN – Investigative work by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office helped the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) bring charges today against the director and two operators of a Houston-based medical clinic for their … Read More
Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Medicaid Patient Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 233), bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Peter Welch (D-VT). The Walberg-authored legislation was incorporated into H.R. 3253, which includes a series … Read More
Akron native Frank Lazzerini, once a respected doctor with a thriving practice in Jackson Township, left the Stark County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon as a felon. After hearing testimony for nearly five weeks, a Common Pleas Court jury backed the … Read More
Charged with Medicaid fraud in a separate case, a former healthcare executive pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to committing a conspiracy to bribe an Arkansas state senator. In exchange for the bribes, then-Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson allegedly influenced … Read More
A Mira Mesa dentist was charged Tuesday with insurance fraud for falsifying hundreds of root canal claims to scam insurance companies out of nearly $600,000, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said. April Rose Ambrosio, 58, was charged with … Read More
A Vanderburgh County judge on Wednesday handed down an 820-day sentence to an Evansville certified nurse aide (CNA) who pleaded guilty to three counts of neglect of a dependent following an investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit … Read More
Richard “Nate” Schott, the ex-Murfreesboro dentist who grifted nearly $1 million from insurance companies, is headed to prison for 33 months. U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw handed down the sentence Friday morning before a courtroom crowd of about 30 … Read More
The attorney general’s office has added a misdemeanor Medicaid fraud charge to its actions against Chirie Bazzelle, owner and CEO of New Beginnings Health Services, a Medicaid-financed services provider to children. Bazzelle, 46, is accused in this case of giving … Read More
A Lake Township man is facing federal allegations he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid out of roughly $2 million. Thomas G. O’Lear, 55, has been indicted in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on 25 counts of health care fraud and a … Read More
OKLAHOMA CITY – OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL, LLC, AND OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL SOUTH, LLC, have agreed to pay $2,800,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicaid, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. … Read More
RALEIGH — A Mebane dentist has agreed to pay nearly $730,000 to the state in a Medicaid fraud case, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein said in a news release. The settlement against Zhanying Guo and her dental practice, Complete Dental … Read More
