Dr. John J. Cauthon, 51, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to two years in prison for healthcare fraud, announced Don Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the [...]
Staying profitable in the wake of Medicare reimbursement cuts is an ongoing struggle. During Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, OIG’s report reveals recoveries of more than $4.13 billion in health care fraud judgments and settlements. [...]
A woman in Pakistan doing cut-rate clerical work for UCSF Medical Center threatened to post patients' confidential files on the Internet unless she was paid more money. To show she [...]
Debra Conrad, a medical coder sued Mosaic Life Care Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo., May 25 for wrongful discharge, unlawful retaliation and age discrimination. She alleges Mosaic Life Care [...]
Lajuana Scott was sentenced to one year in jail and five years on probation following her conviction of three felony counts of embezzlement from a nonprofit or charitable organization. The [...]
Josh Shapiro, Attorney General, announced that a Johnstown plastic surgeon pleaded guilty today to two felonies. The surgeon bilked private insurers and the Medicaid program out of almost $300,000 by [...]
13 people were arrested this week as part of a federal and state investigation into Medicaid fraud allegedly committed by the owners and operators of medical transportation companies based in [...]
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has recently suspended 3 more medical providers from participating in the state’s system, bringing the total number of providers suspended to 245. Click here [...]
LifeBridge Health in Baltimore notified more than 500K patients last week. They were informed that their personal information may have been compromised during a security breach in 2016 (around September). [...]
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced today that the US, Foot Healers, and its subsidiaries (Foot Healers) reached a civil settlement that will resolve the [...]
