Archive for June 2022
Florida Man Gets 14 Years in Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme
The owner and operator of telemarketing and telemedicine companies faces 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to healthcare and wire fraud and evading taxes. Through information filed Feb. 3, Marc Sporn of Delray Beach was accused of creating an elaborate scheme that cost Medicare more than $20 million dollars. According to court documents, Sporn…
Read MoreWatchdog Agency Details Enforcement Activities During Six-Month Period
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) expects to make nearly $3 billion in recoveries resulting from the agency’s audits and investigations, according to its Semiannual Report to Congress released earlier this month. The semiannual reporting period runs from Oct. 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022. The watchdog agency…
Read MoreBilling Under Another’s Credentials Results in FCA Violation for Therapy Company
A Macon, Ga. rehab facility has been ordered to pay more than $9.6 million in damages after a district court judge ruled in favor of the government in a civil case alleging the fraudulent billing of hundreds of TRICARE and Medicaid claims. The order was the result of a judge’s recent ruling in which he…
Read MoreSix MDs Added to Laboratory Civil False Claims Case Filed in April
The U.S. Department of Justice has added six physicians to a Civil False Claims Act complaint it originally filed in April in a laboratory testing fraud case. According to the complaint, the Texas physicians received thousands of dollars in kickbacks in return for their referrals for laboratory testing. The original complaint was filed against two…
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