Ex-NFLer seeks to quash 22-year sentence in Georgia
A former NFL player convicted of health care fraud and ordered to pay over $18 million in restitution for taking illegal...
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COVID concerns delay $7M health case in Mississippi
Four people awaiting sentencing in a health care fraud scheme have had their hearings postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus. The...
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Emergency room overcharges with Coronavirus test
Despite the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package that includes over $100 billion for hospitals and medical needs, and despite a law...
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New Jersey chiro agrees to pay $2M to resolve allegations of unnecessary knee injections and knee braces
David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations...
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Corona cons seek to steal senior Medicare numbers
Scam artists are preying on older people’s fears by peddling fake tests for the coronavirus to Medicare recipients, a federal law...
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Doc hoards corona drugs by writing bogus scripts
A nationwide shortage of two drugs touted as possible treatments for the coronavirus is being driven in part by doctors inappropriately...
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Miami jury hangs together, convicts sober-home mogul
For six weeks, a federal jury patiently listened to testimony by dozens of witnesses in a South Florida businessman’s healthcare fraud...
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FTC warns about fake corona health insurance
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released information regarding new phone and text scams that are targeting individuals in the United...
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Whistleblower attorney urges feds to probe for corona cons
A whistleblower attorney and advocate is calling on Attorney General William Barr to warn health-care providers against using the new coronavirus...
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Alabama doc dolls out unapproved arthritis drugs
A Montgomery medical practice agreed Monday to pay $425,000 to settles claims it distributed non-FDA approved medications to treat osteoarthritis and...
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