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June 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident who helped pay illegal kickbacks and transported ineligible patients to a fraudulent mental health company was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for her role in a scheme to falsely bill Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Leyanes […]
Learn MoreJune 07, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Orthofix Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer of medical devices, has agreed to pay the United States $34,234,263 to settle allegations under the civil False Claims Act relating to the company’s sale of bone growth stimulator devices, the Justice Department announced today. The company has also agreed to plead guilty to a felony of obstruction of a […]
Learn MoreJune 05, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
LOS ANGELES—A physician assistant who worked at fraudulent medical clinics where he used the stolen identities of doctors to write prescriptions for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and diagnostic tests has been convicted of conspiracy, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with a $18.9 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a […]
Learn MoreJune 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Calnet Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $18.1 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to the Department of Defense, the Justice Department announced today. Calnet Inc., an intelligence analysis, information technology and language services company, is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The settlement with Calnet relates to three contracts under […]
Learn MoreJune 01, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sherry Hunt never expected to be a senior manager at a Wall Street bank. She was a country girl, raised in rural Michigan by a dad who taught her to fish and a mom who showed her how to find wild mushrooms. She listened to Marty Robbins and Buck Owens on the radio and came to believe […]
Learn MoreMay 29, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A psychologist practicing in the Lebanon, Mo., area has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of more than one million dollars. Rhett E. McCarty, 67, of Lake Ozark, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in […]
Learn MoreMay 25, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Federal agents arrested Gary Anusavice, 59, at his home on Potter Road in North Kingstown Thursday morning in connection to a $20 million Medicaid fraud case in Connecticut. In a story first reported by NBC Connecticut, federal agents raided dental offices in New Britain and Trumbull, Conn. Also arrested this morning was Mehran Zamani, DDS, […]
Learn MoreMay 21, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON — The Army has bought about $6.5 million worth of the “leakproof” drip pans in the past three years to catch transmission fluid on Black Hawk helicopters. And it might want more from the Kentucky company that makes them, even though a similar pan from another company costs a small fraction of the price: […]
Learn MoreMay 17, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
For Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON – A Houston-area nurse was sentenced today in Houston for her participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS). Ezinne Ubani, the former director of nursing at Family Healthcare Group, […]
Learn MoreMay 10, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
You’ve probably read about IRS whistleblowers cashing in for reporting suspected tax fraud. It may seem to be anew development, but IRS whistleblowing incentives started in 1867! Still, big changes in 2006 raised the stakes materially, adding new Section 7623(b). Under it, awards to whistleblowers are no longer discretionary. Now, the whistleblower “shall” receive 15 to 30 percent of the collected proceeds. […]
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