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|

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:28:09+00:00May 16th, 2019|

Feds to sue Senator Steve Dickerson and other Pain Clinic proprietors over Forgery and Fraud Allegations

Federal and State Prosecutors are moving to file lawsuits charging Tennessee Senator Steve Dickerson and different proprietors of an immense Pain Management corporation of cheating the US Government with long [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:28:28+00:00May 2nd, 2019|

Florida Physician reports a HIPAA Breach that could affect over 60K patients

Authorities at doctor administrations merchant EmCare in Florida have advised 60,000 patients, representatives and contractual workers about a cybersecurity occurrence that may have uncovered their own data. An unapproved individual [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:28:47+00:00May 1st, 2019|