Feds Hot on the Trail of PPP Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
On August 19, a Kansas chiropractor was convicted on multiple charges for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. According to ...
Read More American Senior Communities Settles for $5.5 Million in FCA Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Thanks to the work of a whistleblower, the U.S. Department of Justice recently settled with an Indiana-based skilled nursing and ...
Read More Healthcare Fraud Roundup
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Medical Clinic Fraud The owner of a Miami-based medical clinic was recently sentenced to 60 months in prison for directing ...
Read More OIG Report: CMS Fails to Collect Millions in Overpayments
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) failed to collect a large portion of Medicare overpayments identified over a two-year ...
Read More Practitioner Beware: OIG Issues Telemedicine Fraud Alert
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The increasing number of fraudulent schemes involving telemedicine companies prompted the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health ...
Read More Three Dozen Charged in $1.2 Billion Healthcare Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Justice, through coordinated investigations across 13 districts, has filed criminal charges against three dozen defendants who ...
Read More Florida Doctor Sentenced for Role in Sober Home Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida psychiatrist and medical director of two South Florida addiction treatment facilities was recently sentenced to four-and-a-half years in ...
Read More Healthcare Fraud Efforts Net $5B in FY 2021
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government’s crackdown on healthcare fraud resulted in more than $5 billion in judgments and settlements in Fiscal Year ...
Read More North Carolina MD Indicted in $11M DME Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Charlotte, N.C. internist has been indicted on charges she defrauded federal healthcare programs out of more than $11 million ...
Read More Florida Man Gets 14 Years in Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The owner and operator of telemarketing and telemedicine companies faces 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to healthcare and ...
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