Doctor, nurse convicted in $11 million fraud scheme
A Miami doctor and nurse have been convicted of billing Medicare for millions of dollars in false claims for obsolete HIV...
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Providers in Kansas and Texas accused of medical scam
Two Wichitans and three Texans were indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and violations of anti-kickback...
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La. hospital to pay feds $3.3M to settle fraud charges
West Jefferson Medical Center will pay the United States and the State of Louisiana $3.3 million to resolve allegations that the...
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Calif. medical supplier guilty of ID theft and fraud
The owner of a medical equipment company has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to defrauding Medicare by using a patient’s identification...
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Medical equipment supplier in N.Y. charged with fraud
A once-promising Hempstead medical equipment firm and its principals have been indicted on charges of stealing the identity of physicians and...
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Feds sent Illinois doc to prison for health care fraud
A West Peoria podiatrist was sentenced Friday to one year in federal prison for bilking Medicare out of thousands of dollars...
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Feds halt payments to Miami’s top home-health agencies
Suspecting widespread fraud, Medicare has suspended payments to Miami-Dade County’s top 10 home healthcare agencies and ordered all local home healthcare...
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Florida officials detail $20-million fraud by health plan
Federal authorities released details of what they call a scheme at WellCare Health Plans Inc. to defraud Florida health agencies of...
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Jury convicted Miami medical equipment supplier
A federal jury Monday convicted a Miami medical equipment operator, Eduardo Batista Barquín, of defrauding Medicare, the federal health insurance program....
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Texas doctor indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud
“We’re looking at a 4 year period in the neighborhood of 70-80 thousand dollars.” Money the Texas Attorney General’s office says...
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