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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:08:51+00:00June 19th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:26:42+00:00June 18th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:26:56+00:00June 14th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:27:17+00:00June 13th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:27:27+00:00June 12th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:27:35+00:00June 4th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:27:44+00:00May 31st, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:27:52+00:00May 28th, 2019|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:28:00+00:00May 22nd, 2019|