Stark Act and Fraud & Abuse Issues-News, Guidance and Analysis
By Jaimie Oh |
September 02, 2010
Tags: healthcare fraud | John McLean | Maryland | stent
John R. McLean, MD, a cardiologist from Salisbury, Md., has been indicted for allegedly putting unnecessary coronary stents in hundreds of patients and billing private and public payors for the procedures, according to a
Baltimore Sun report.
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By Jaimie Oh |
September 01, 2010
Tags: City of Angels | healthcare fraud | Medi-Cal | Medicare | Rudra Sabaratnam | sentence
Rudra Sabaratnam, MD, a former co-owner and CEO of City of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.1 million in restitution for his involvement in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to a
Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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By Jaimie Oh |
September 01, 2010
Tags: Florida | Fred Dweck | guilty plea | healthcare fraud | Medicare
Fred Dweck, MD, a surgeon from Hollywood, Fla., five nurses and a clinic owner working in the Miami-area have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a $37 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a
South Florida Business Journal report.
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By Lindsey Dunn |
August 31, 2010
Tags: healthcare kickbacks | Juan De Oleo | Medicare fraud | Rosa Genao | X-Press Center
Rosa Genao, MD, a family practice physician, and her husband, Juan De Oleo, the owner of X-Press Center, a Detroit-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing injection and infusion therapies, have been convicted for their roles in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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By Lindsey Dunn |
August 30, 2010
Tags: Medicare overbilling | Parkland Memorial | UT Southwestern
An internal memo at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas outlines the hospital's plans to withhold information from its outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, due to concerns that any documents released to the auditor could be subject to an OIG subpoena, according to a
Dallas Morning News report.
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By Jaimie Oh |
August 26, 2010
Tags: guilty plea | healthcare fraud | Medicare | South Dakota | Todd Monroe
Todd Monroe, DPM, a podiatrist from Aberdeen, S.D., has pleaded guilty to fraudulently filing paperwork in order to receive payments from Medicare, according to an
Aberdeen American News report.
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By Jaimie Oh |
August 26, 2010
Tags: billing fraud | California | Medicare | settlement
Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., has agreed to pay $5.25 million to the government to settle allegations of over-billing Medicare, according to an
LA Weekly news report.
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By Rob Kurtz |
August 25, 2010
Tags: anti-kickback | fraud and abuse | Stark act
Here are 10 of the largest, recent fraud and abuse, Stark Act and anti-kickback violation settlements in 2010, listed in order of highest settlement amount. Click on the name of the organization or individual to learn more about their case and settlement.
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By Jaimie Oh |
August 25, 2010
Tags: false claims | Pennsylvania | Peter Anthony Ferrulli | speech pathologist
Peter Anthony Ferrulli, a speech pathologist who owned and operated Spectrum Therapeutic Services in Wysox, Pa., has been charged with submitting more than $366,000 in false claims, according to a news release by Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.
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By Lindsey Dunn |
August 25, 2010
Tags: healthcare fraud | John Costino
John Costino, DO, a North Wildwood, N.J.-based sports medicine and family practice physician, and his wife Barbara Costino were indicted on three counts of healthcare fraud, according to a
Press of Atlantic City report.
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