Westside Los Angeles Dentist Being Sent To Prison
A West Los Angeles dental practitioner was sentenced last week to forty months in federal jail for a health-care insurance fraud scheme during which he submitted phony billings for crowns [...]
Florida Physicians and Practice Settle False and Fraudulent Claims Case
Jaime L. Sepulveda, MD, LLC (d/b/a Miami Urogynecology Center), Jaime L. Sepulveda, M.D., and Sujata Yavagal, M.D. (collectively, "Miami Urogynecology Center"), South Miami, Florida, entered into a $173,768.08 settlement agreement [...]
Connecticut Diagnostic Services Provider Settles Case Involving False Claims
On November 19, 2018, Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, LLC (SCVC), Stratford, Connecticut, entered into a $792,076.76 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that SCVC submitted claims for Healthcare [...]
California Physician and Practice Settle False and Fraudulent Claims Case
On April 12, 2019, Complete Women Care, Inc., and Miriam Mackovic-Basic, M.D. (collectively, "CWC"), with multiple locations in Los Angeles County, California, entered into a $258,045 settlement agreement with OIG. The [...]
Los Angeles Dental Practitioner Sentenced to Forty Months in Jail for Role in $3.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A LA, California-based dental practitioner was sentenced to forty months in jail last week for his role during a $3.8 million health care fraud scheme during which he charged various [...]
Medicare Advantage Provider To Pay $30 Million To Settle Alleged Overpayment Of Medicare Advantage Funds
Sutter Health LLC, a California-based healthcare services provider, and several affiliated entities, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, and Sutter Medical Foundation, have [...]
HHS Looking Forward to Almost $3.5 Billion in Fiscal Recoveries for 2018
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) workplace of inspector general (OIG) is within the business of finding out “fraud, waste, and abuse” within the nation’s health care [...]
Baton Rouge Physician sentenced to over three years in jail in a fraud scheme
A former owner and medical director of a Baton Rouge pain management clinic was sentenced to over 3 years in federal jail Friday during a health care fraud scheme, federal [...]
Company Carolina Physical Therapy Will Pay almost $800K to Settle False Billing Allegations
US Attorney Sherri A. Lydon made the announcement that the US Attorney’s Office for South Carolina has settled numerous claims of prolific health care fraud with Carolina Physical Therapy (also [...]
These ten doctor specialties generate the foremost revenue for hospitals
The amount of revenue physicians generate for hospitals is usually significantly over their annual salaries, in keeping with a recent survey by medical practitioner staffing firm Merritt Hawkins. The survey was emailed to roughly three thousand hospital [...]