Healthcare Fraud
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Regulatory
Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
John Oxendine was sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing. July, 16, 2024 –…
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Regulatory
COVID fraud takedowns: Feds charge 18 people, including doctors, with raking in nearly $500M from scams
By Heather Landi – Apr 24, 2023 Eighteen people, some of them practicing medical doctors, were criminally charged with participating in…
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Financial
Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in healthcare fraud, including telehealth schemes
by Heather Landi | September 20, 2021 The Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against 42 doctors and nurses and nearly 100…
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Regulatory
4 Detroit-area physicians found guilty of forcing patients to undergo back injections in exchange for opioids
by Joanne Finnegan | Feb 5, 2020 Four Detroit-area physicians were found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of healthcare fraud after they…
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Financial
Justice Department recovered $2.6 billion from healthcare fraud cases in 2019
SHELBY LIVINGSTON / January 9, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department recovered more than $2.6 billion in 2019 from lawsuits involving…
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Regulatory
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Files Lawsuit Against Spinal Implant Company, Its CEO, And Another Executive For Illegally Paying Millions Of Dollars In Kickbacks To Surgeons In Exchange For Using Its Products
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 / Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, the…
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Financial
DOJ recovered $2.5 billion in 2018 healthcare false claim cases
Dec 26, 2018 / By KEVIN TRUONG As part of the federal government’s increasing focus on issues of healthcare fraud, particularly in…
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Hospitals
Feds raid another pharmacy company as Dallas becomes hot spot for physician kickbacks
Kevin Krause, Federal Courts Reporter / Photo: (Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer) While federal prosecutors in Dallas prepare for upcoming health care…
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Hospitals
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 601 Individuals Responsible for Over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses
June 28, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III,…
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Hospitals
Hundreds ensnared in Justice Department health-care fraud crackdown on $1.3 billion in false billings
By TERI SFORZA and TONY SAAVEDRA / July 13, 2017 A fake drug rehab in Palm Beach recruited addicts with gift cards, strip-club…
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