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Kuchera Brothers Plead Guilty to Fraud Against the Government

April 17, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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JOHNSTOWN, PA—Two brothers who owned a major defense contracting firm waived indictment and pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of major fraud against the government and conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. William Kuchera, 58, of Summerhill, Pennsylvania, and Ronald Kuchera, 51, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts before […]

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Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital Owner, Executive, and Four Doctors Arrested in Alleged Medicare Referral Kickback Conspiracy

April 16, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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CHICAGO—The owner and another senior executive of Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the west side facility were arrested today for allegedly conspiring to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, including more than $225,000 in cash, along with other forms of payment, in exchange for the referral of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid […]

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New York Area Cardiologist Admits $19 Million Fraud

April 15, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Jose Katz, a 68-year-old cardiologist with offices in New York and New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to charges that he committed health care fraud, the US Attorney for New Jersey announced yesterday. Katz admitted that he billed Medicare Part B, Medicaid, and numerous private insurers “for unnecessary tests and unnecessary procedures based on false diagnoses […]

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Amarillo Doctor Ordered to Prison for Health Care Fraud Following State and Federal Probe

April 11, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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AMARILLO — Dr. Michael David Goodwin, 63, an orthodontist who practiced in Amarillo and Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 50 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,810,960 in restitution, following his guilty plea in December 2012 to one count of health care fraud related […]

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NY doctor convicted in Medicare fraud scheme

April 10, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a doctor has been convicted of participating in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme. A jury in Brooklyn Monday convicted 50-year-old Dr. Gustave Drivas of Staten Island of health care fraud conspiracy and health care fraud following an eight-week trial. He was acquitted of kickback conspiracy. Evidence showed that […]

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Miami-Based Health Care Clinic and Its Owners Sentenced for $50 Million Fraud Scheme

April 09, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The owners and operators of Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, and the clinic itself were sentenced today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo […]

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UCI Medical Center settles federal fraud case for $1.2 million

March 28, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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MELODY PETERSEN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER UC Irvine has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle claims that its hospital violated federal laws by routinely allowing residents to administer anesthesia with no supervision by physicians and then billing Medicare as if the doctors were present. The settlement comes after a multi-year federal investigation that was […]

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Alabama Based — Caddell Construction Agrees to Pay $1,150,000 to Resolve False Claims Allegations

March 26, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The Justice Department announced today that Alabama-based Caddell Construction has agreed to pay to the United States $1,150,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely reporting to the Army Corps of Engineers that it hired and mentored a Native American-owned company to work on construction projects at Fort Bragg, N.C., […]

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Hospice of Arizona and Related Entities Pay $12 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

March 25, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Hospice of Arizona L.C., along with a related entity, American Hospice Management LLC, and their parent corporation, American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims to the Medicare program for ineligible hospice services, […]

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Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty in Connection with Detroit Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 25, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A registered nurse who fabricated nursing visit forms in connection with a $24 million home health care fraud conspiracy in Detroit pleaded guilty today for her role in the scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade, Special […]

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43 Health Workers Indicted in Prescription Drug Scheme

March 21, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The federal government ramped up its war on health care fraud Wednesday, indicting another 43 people — doctors, pharmacists and home health care workers — on charges of running a massive prescription drug scheme. According to the newly unsealed indictment, five doctors alone prescribed more than 500,000 doses of OxyContin, which had a street value […]

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A Pattern of Problems at a Hospital for Veterans

March 20, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON — In an unusually strong letter sent to the White House on Monday, the office that handles complaints from federal whistle-blowers says it has found a pattern of problems at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Miss., that raises serious questions about the hospital’s management practices. The problems over the last […]

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