Michigan doctor accused of $60M Fraud
An indictment unsealed July ten charges Vasso Godiali, MD, with orchestrating a $60 million care fraud scheme and lavation payoff from the scheme, per the Department of Justice. Dr. Godiali, [...]
DOJ Pursues a Number Of EHR Cases: Five Things For You to Understand
The United States DOJ is initiating direct legal proceedings against Hospitals, Health Care systems, and Medical Technology Corporations for submitting an exhaustive number of false claims to both Medicare and [...]
Los Angeles Doctor Condemned In 33 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
A United States Federal Jury found Dr. Robert Glazer guilty on June 7th for his primary role during a 33 million dollar fraud scheme concerning requests of Medicare for care [...]
Kansas Doctor Forks Over Almost 6 Million in Settling 3rd False Claims Case in Twenty Years
Joseph P. Galichia MD, the previous owner of the Wichita-based Galichia Medical, after quite some time, reached Fraud Claim Act settlements with the Feds in 2000 and 2009 amounting to [...]
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 [...]