Hoyer Law Group Legal Blog

Al Scudieri & Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor James Hoyer Lead Investigator Al Scudieri discussed anti-crime efforts with Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor at the Tampa Chapter luncheon for the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Chief Castor was honored for...

U.S. Renal Care, headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA) violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for more Epogen than was actually...

WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 89 individuals,...

The generic drug maker Ranbaxy pleaded guilty on Monday to federal drug safety violations and will pay $500 million in fines to resolve claims that it sold subpar drugs and made false statements to the Food and Drug Administration about its manufacturing practices at...

(CBS News) Each year, Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars on unnecessary medical tests and treatments. It’s one reason why health care costs are so high. In recent months, “CBS This Morning” has been looking into the rehab practices of Life Care Centers of...

WASHINGTON—A Miami resident who was an administrator of a home health care company and was the employee of another home health care company pleaded guilty today for her participation in a $74 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant...

Billions of dollars rorted from taxpayers could be recovered with US-style laws offering ”spotter’s fees” to whistleblowers, a Canberra lawyer says. A local version of the US False Claims Act would entitle Australian citizens or public servants who exposed fraud or...

Adventist Health System/West, dba Adventist Health, and its affiliated hospital White Memorial Medical Center have agreed to pay the United States and the state of California $14.1 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act, the Justice...

WASHINGTON—The mastermind of a $29.1 million Medicare fraud scheme involving approximately 30 purported medical clinics pleaded guilty today in Detroit for his role in the scheme. The guilty plea was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the...

Forget about drug-dealing, Medicare fraud is becoming America’s new get rich quick scheme of choice.  Why? Because it’s easy money, with little threat of prosecution. An article in the Broward Palm Beach New Times explains the crime is so widespread, prosecutors don’t...