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Pain Physician Indicted in $12.7M Fraud Scheme

Pain Physician Indicted in $12.7M Medicare Fraud Scheme The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against a Wilmington, Del.-based pain physician for allegedly participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars. Four things to know: 1. Frederick Gooding, MD, president and CEO of Gooding Medical Corp., based in Wilmington, was charged with 11 counts…

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University Health Services Settles Fraudulent Billing Case

Universal Health Services, the company that has contracted to provide inpatient care for patients now treated at the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division’s hospital in Wauwatosa, has reached a tentative agreement with the federal government and various state attorneys general to pay $127 million to settle allegations that some of its hospitals fraudulently billed Medicare…

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Pharmacy Owners Settle Whistleblower False Billing Claims

PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney William McSwain announced that the owners of E-Z Pharmacy II in Philadelphia have agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act. Darshan Bapa Inc., doing business as E-Z Pharmacy II, and Natverbhai Patel will together pay $400,000 to the federal government to resolve allegations that…

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Foot Doc Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

Hal Abrahamson, a podiatrist with an office in Plainview, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday. Abrahamson, 57, of Melville, pleaded guilty on June 26, 2018 to healthcare fraud in connection to the operation of his practice. The court ordered Abrahamson to pay restitution…

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Community Services Discloses False Medical Billing

United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. (“WCS”) agreed to pay $537, 904.33 to the United States and the State of Wisconsin to resolve false claims for prescription medications submitted by WCS to Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729-3733. WCS is a…

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Three Clinic Leaders Indicted in Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Clinic Leaders Indicted in Healthcare Fraud Scheme The medical director and two operators of a Houston medical clinic have been indicted on several charges related to their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice. Douglas Sharp, DO, medical director of Verimed Health and Medical Wellness Clinic; Innad Husaini, MD, owner…

Three Clinic Leaders Indicted in Healthcare Fraud Scheme was originally published on Allison Legal Law Firm

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Federal Judge Sends Chiropractor to Prison

Citing “a lot of rot” in chiro­practic medicine, a federal judge sentenced a onetime Minnesota practitioner to two-plus years in prison for defrauding a leading health insurer out of more than $330,000. Steven Wiseth, 36, of Thief River Falls, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Minneapolis to 2¼ years after pleading guilty to wire…

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Compounding Pharmacy Resolves Whistleblower Suit

A civil settlement has been reached with Lake Country Pharmacy and Compounding Center (Lake Country) and its principals Chris and Carey Vaughan, announced Charles “Charlie” Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District. Lake Country agreed to pay to the United States and the State of Georgia $365,000 to resolve allegations that it violated…

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