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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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Financial
Indiana Hospital System Agrees to Pay United States $345M to Settle Claims of Medicare Fraud Brought by CFO-turned-whistleblower, Represented by Joseph Greenwald & Laake
Settlement breaks record for largest recovery of its kind in U.S. history INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Department…
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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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Hospitals
Feds disrupt North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals, seize $500K in ransom
By Heather Landi -July 21, 2022 The U.S. government disrupted the activities of a ransomware group connected to the North Korean…
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Regulatory
Malden spinal device company executives arrested on kickback charges
By Rowan Walrath – Life Sciences Reporter, Boston Business Journal / Sept. 7, 2021 The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested the CEO…
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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
CVS Health Acquisition of Aetna Moving Forward on Agreement with U.S. Department of Justice
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department…
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Hospitals
North Carolina Physicians’ Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Second Multi-Million-Dollar Recovery in Ground-Breaking Emergency Room Fraud Case
September 27, 2018 CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The United States Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western…
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Hospitals
Former CEO of Arthrocare Corporation Convicted for Orchestrating $750 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
Friday, August 18, 2017/Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs A federal jury today convicted the former chief executive officer…
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