Fla. strike force increases Medicare fraud prosecutions
Healthcare fraud is ”massive” in South Florida, the region’s top federal prosecutor said Tuesday. But the creation of a federal Medicare...
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N.J. hospital agrees to pay $3.85M to settle charges
Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has agreed to pay the United States $3.85 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that...
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Iowa chiro charged with false claims and ID theft
A Cedar Rapids chiropractor is facing nearly 40 counts of fraud, identity theft and money laundering. Douglas P. Dvorak was charged...
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Study says Medicare paid $1 billion for bogus supplies
The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient’s...
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Two in N.J. plead guilty for $100K Medicare scam
The owners of a Newark-based business that provided medical services to low-income residents in Jersey City and other locations pleaded guilty...
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Med equipment supplier jailed for 1,500 false claims
The former owner of a Portsmouth medical equipment supply company was sentenced today to 13 months in federal prison after admitting...
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Whistleblowers helped recover $9.3B from providers
Whistle- blowers helped authorities recover at least $9.3 billion from health care providers accused of defrauding states and the federal government,...
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Fraud lawsuit against Texas hospital chain dismissed
A federal judge recently granted a summary judgment in a case alleging a health care system submitted false claims to Medicaid....
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Miami nurse working to snare Medicaid defrauders
One-quarter of the Medicare fraud cases prosecuted in the country last year were in the Miami district, and one dedicated nurse...
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Med equipment supplier convicted of fraud in California
A federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted the owner and operator of Pacific City Group Inc., a Los Angeles based...
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