Whistleblower in Illinois awarded $56.25 million
He’s an unassuming 62-year-old who has lived a pretty regular life in suburban Buffalo Grove. This week, though, Cleveland Tyson became...
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Feds claims of curbing medical fraud called misleading
Medicare’s top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency,...
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Feds indict barred Missouri doctor for Medicare fraud
A De Soto doctor and his nurse wife conspired with another doctor already barred from practicing medicine in Missouri to defraud...
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Convicted California doctor surrenders license
A Newport Beach doctor who last year pleaded guilty to committing Medicare fraud surrendered his medical license today, the California Medical...
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N.J. pharmacist falsely billed Medicaid for HIV drugs
Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that the owner of two pharmacies in East Orange and Jersey City pleaded guilty today to...
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FBI charges three in California with defrauding Medicare
Three Southern California men were arrested by federal agents this morning for their role in a Medicare fraud case investigated jointly...
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Daycare owner in Indiana charged with Medicaid fraud
An Indianapolis woman has been indicted on federal charges she defrauded the Indiana Medicaid Program of nearly $2 million. U.S. Attorney...
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Most states fail to notify feds about crooked providers
In violation of federal law, states routinely fail to notify federal authorities when they’ve kicked health care providers out of their...
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Medical center accused of recruiting homeless in scam
A western Wisconsin bar owner is accused of having his business burned down in order to collect more than a quarter-million...
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Federal report says defrauding Medicare too easy
The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies...
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