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February 08, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The previous owner of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center has agreed to pay the federal government $4.9 million for overbilling the Medicaid and Medicare system by keeping patients in the hospital longer than needed. Catholic Health Initiatives, which recently sold the hospital to University of Maryland Medical System, did not admit to wrongdoing […]
Learn MoreFebruary 05, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From the beginning of his tenure, the Attorney General established twin commitments to the American people: that the Department of Justice will devote significant resources to combating financial fraud, and that we will be as aggressive and creative as we can be in holding accountable those who, in violating the law, contributed to the financial […]
Learn MoreJanuary 25, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Missouri state judge has ordered HCA to pay a Kansas City charitable foundation $162 million and undergo extensive auditing after finding the for-profit hospital operator broke key agreements regarding charity care and capital expenditures in its billion-dollar purchase of hospitals from Health Midwest in 2002. In a 141-page opinion (PDF), Judge John Torrence of […]
Learn MoreJanuary 24, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A former Miami HIV infusion clinic director was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for his role in a $26.2 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Steinbach […]
Learn MoreJanuary 22, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Texas federal judge convicted the owner of two Texas-based durable medical equipment companies today on multiple health care fraud charges following a five-day bench trial, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department?s Criminal Division. Hugh Marion Willet, 69, of Fort Worth, Texas, was found guilty by U.S. District Judge Jane […]
Learn MoreJanuary 18, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Six Detroit-area residents and one Chicago-area resident were arrested today by federal agents on charges arising from the ongoing investigation into an alleged $22 million home health care fraud scheme. The indictment was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern […]
Learn MoreJanuary 15, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Justice Department officials have recommended joining a federal whistleblower lawsuit aimed at clawing back sponsorship money from former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong, according to people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department has been weighing the matter since 2010, when the suit was filed by Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis. All whistleblower suits are kept […]
Learn MoreJanuary 14, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
An $11.4 million settlement resolved a whistleblower lawsuit against Victory Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego. The company was accused of promoting its drugs by paying kickbacks to doctors to induce them to write more prescriptions. The kickbacks included everything from tickets to sporting events to concert tickets to spa outings and […]
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January 07, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Partner Elaine Stromgren Florida-based American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle allegations that it inappropriately billed government health care programs– including Medicare, the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program, and the military health care program TRICARE– for sleep diagnostic services. The United States Department of Justice announced the settlement today. The James […]
Learn MoreJanuary 07, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A hard hitting story on WFTS TV, the ABC station in Tampa, exposed questionable practices in recruiting and job placement at the 2nd largest for-profit college company in the nation, Education Management Corporation, known as EDMC. The company is at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former EDMC Admissions Representative Jason Sobek, who […]
Learn MoreJanuary 04, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – The owner of several Detroit-area adult day care centers pleaded guilty today for her role in a $13.2 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade, Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley […]
Learn MoreJanuary 02, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A report by federal health care inspectors in November said the U.S. nursing home industry overbills Medicare $1.5 billion a year for treatments patients don’t need or never receive. Not disclosed was how much worse it is when providers have a profit motive. Thirty per cent of claims sampled from for- profit homes were deemed […]
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