Hoyer Law Group Legal Blog

WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for several Louisiana durable medical equipment (DME) companies was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims and illegal kickback payments for unnecessary DME,...

All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, known for its care of sick children and annual telethons, is the focus of a recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit which alleges the hospital overpaid some of its doctors in violation of federal law.  The case was...

America spent $2.6 trillion on health care last year; about one in every six dollars went into the health-care system. A third of that spending — a full $750 billion — did nothing to make anyone healthier. That’s the big takeaway from an Institute of Medicine report...

The government has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against Hospice of the Comforter Inc. (HOTCI) alleging false Medicare billings, the Justice Department announced today.   HOTCI provides hospice services to patients residing in the vicinity of Orlando, Fla. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...