Archive for July 2024
Skilled Nursing Facilities Operator Settles False Claims Case for $21.3M Admits Former Employees Issued Quotas
A skill nursing facilities operator has agreed to pay $21.3 million to settle allegations they billed federal healthcare programs for services that were unreasonable, unnecessary, unskilled or that did not occur as billed. Between Jan. 1, 2014 and Sept. 30, 2019, Strauss Ventures, doing business as Grand Healthcare System is alleged to have knowingly submitted…
Read MoreFlorida Labs Pay $2.45 million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Violations of the False Claims Act
What began as a whistleblower complaint has ended in a $2.45 million settlement agreement by three clinical labs to resolve allegations that they engaged in healthcare fraud in violation of the False Claims Act. Codejamming Vista Clinical Diagnostics, LLC; Access Dermpath, Inc.; and Advanced Clinical Laboratories, Inc. located in Clermont, Fla. are alleged to have…
Read MoreHome Health Agencies Settle False Claims Act Case for Nearly $4.5 Million
Three home healthcare agencies, along with their corporate owner, have agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act. The Allegations It was alleged that between 2013 and 2022 Guardian Health Care Inc., Gem City Home Care LLC and Care Connection of Cincinnati LLC — operating in Texas, Ohio…
Read MoreRehab Center Owner Arrested on Healthcare Fraud Charges
Hialeah Councilwoman indicted on healthcare fraud charges.
Read MoreBrothers Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
Brothers and pharmacy owners Peter Khaim and Arkadiy Khaimov, both of Forest Hills, N.Y., have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a Medicare fraud scheme that took advantage of the leiniencies extended to healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Khaim received eight years and one month and Khaimov received six years for their…
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