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California-based hospitals to pay $16.5 million to settle allegations the facilities were treating homeless to defraud the government

September 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) — A California-based group of hospitals must pay $16.5 million to settle allegations the facilities were treating homeless people to defraud the government. Los Angeles Doctor’s Hospital Inc. — a subsidiary of Pacific Health Corp. — pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal by paying “marketers” to recruit the […]

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Three Former UBS Executives Convicted for Frauds Involving Municipal Bond Proceeds

September 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A federal jury in New York City today convicted three former financial services executives for their participation in frauds related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts , the Department of Justice announced. Peter Ghavami, Gary Heinz and Michael Welty, all former UBS AG […]

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Florida Bar Profiles James Hoyer Associate for Pro Bono Service

August 28, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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James Hoyer Associate Jillian Estes with Daniela. James Hoyer Associate Jillian Estes is making an impact with her pro bono work. The Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division  profiled Estes’ successful work for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.  She volunteered to represent a father from Denmark, whose year 8-year-old daughter was being improperly […]

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Detroit-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $3.1 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 22, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area social worker pleaded guilty for his role in a $3.1 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. Gregory Lawrence, 54, of Detroit, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Victoria A. Roberts in the Eastern District of Michigan to […]

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SEC Issues First Whistleblower Award (small but at least it is a start)

August 21, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2012 — A whistleblower who helped the Securities and Exchange Commission stop a multi-million dollar fraud will receive nearly $50,000 — the first payout from a new SEC program to reward people who provide evidence of securities fraud. The award represents 30 percent of the amount collected in an SEC enforcement action […]

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Vascular Solutions faces whistleblower suit over off-label product use

August 20, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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overnment has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Maple Grove-based Vascular Solutions alleging that the company improperly promoted a medical device for uses not specified on the product label. The whistleblower lawsuit claims that the alleged “off-label” promotion and other activities resulted in $20 million in damages to the federal government, according to the regulatory filing […]

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Obama Administration Needs to Tap, Not Stiff-Arm, Wall Street Whistleblowers

August 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Testifying recently before a Senate panel, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hailed progress in “repairing and reforming” the financial sector since the passage of the Wall Street reform act two years ago. Geithner’s sunny take sits awkwardly with the recent news that large international banks conspired to “fix” the LIBOR, the interbank loan rate, and that a […]

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Miami-Area Patient Broker Sentenced to 18 Months for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud

August 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A Miami-area patient broker was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for recruiting Medicare beneficiaries as part of a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services announced. Jean-Luc Veraguas, 51, of Plantation, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederico A. Moreno […]

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Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Florida Hospital filed millions in false claims

August 09, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A whistle-blower lawsuit based on insider information from a former Florida HospitalOrlando billing employee and a staff physician alleges that seven Adventist Health hospitals in Central Florida have overbilled the federal government for tens of millions of dollars in false or padded medical claims. The suit claims Florida Hospital used improper coding for more than a decade to […]

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Texas Medicare Billing Has Biggest Potential for Fraud. Florida Second

August 03, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The nation’s top health care inspector is calling for aMedicare moratorium on new home health care agencies in Texas, where the largest number of companies are filing dubious claims, according to a report obtained by the Houston Chronicle. Nearly 40 percent of all home health care agencies or HHAs with suspicious billings came from Texas, according to […]

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Adventist Health System Can’t Shake Qui Tam Case

August 02, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A whistleblower case against Adventist Health Systems/Sunbelt for over-billing Medicare and Medicaid and Tricare survived an important step in the legal system. On July 30th, a Florida federal judge refused to toss the False Claims Act case filed by the James Hoyer Law Firm. Judge Antoon refused to dismiss the case, saying that the relators […]

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Two Former Hospital Employees Plead Guilty to Participating in Kickback Scheme at New York City Hospital

July 31, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – Two former high-ranking employees of facilities operations at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud NYPH, the Department of Justice announced.  Former vice president of facilities operations, Santo Saglimbeni, and former director of facilities operations, Emilio “Tony” Figueroa, were charged in a four-count […]

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