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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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Eastern District of Virginia rules that employer cannot arbitrate False Claims Act retaliation claims. Arbitration clause held Unconscionable.

March 19, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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On Wednesday, the Eastern District of Virginia declared an arbitration provision in an independent contractor agreement unconscionable, clearing the way for two plaintiffs to bring their False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claims in Federal court. The plaintiffs were two firearms instructors previously employed by Academi Training Center, a Blackwater successor. They claimed they witnessed other […]

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Security Contractors Plead Guilty in Virginia to Illegally Obtaining $31 Million from Contracts Intended for Disadvantaged Small Businesses

March 19, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Executives at two Arlington, Va.-based businesses have pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $31 million in government contract payments that should have gone to disadvantaged small businesses. The guilty pleas were announced today by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice […]

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Medical Director for Miami-Based Health Care Clinic Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 18, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A former medical director for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced today to serve 144 months in prison for his role in a 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 […]

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Houston-Area Doctor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $17.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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

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A Texas doctor was sentenced today to serve 63 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud by falsifying plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries, including patients whom he did not treat, as part of a $17.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Today’s sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of […]

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Tennessee-Based Therapy Providers, Grace Healthcare LLC, to Pay $2.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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

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The Justice Department announced today that Chattanooga, Tenn., based nursing home manager Grace Healthcare LLC and its affiliate Grace Ancillary Services LLC (collectively, Grace) have agreed to pay $2.7 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission to the Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid programs […]

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Owners of Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison in $48 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

February 27, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies were sentenced to nine years and more than four years in prison today, respectively, and ordered to pay millions in restitution for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme that billed for unnecessary home health care and therapy services. The sentences, […]

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Illegal Marketer of Medicare Information Admits Role in Detroit-area Home Health Care Fraud Scheme

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

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A health care worker who sold Medicare beneficiary information to Detroit-area home health agency operators as part of a $24.7 million home health care fraud conspiracy pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme, which sought to profit by billing for home healthcare services that were medically unnecessary and not provided. The guilty plea […]

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