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DALLAS DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ROLE IN NEARLY $375 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME Office Manager for Doctor and Five Owners of Dallas-Area Home Health Agencies Also Arrested WASHINGTON – A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five...

WASHINGTON – A former Los Angeles church pastor, who owned and operated several fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies with her husband, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for her role in a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, the...

WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was convicted today by a federal jury in Houston of health care fraud related to an “arthritis kit” fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human...

The settlement resolves various allegations under the U.S. False Claims Act including that Total entities reported processed gas as unprocessed to reduce the royalty payments and made improper deductions. Companies that lease federal and Indian lands to produce...

WASHINGTON – The manager and operator of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic...

Weighing the constitutionality of civil penalties under the False Claims Act, a federal judge in Alexandria has refused to impose a minimum $50.2 million fine against an international moving and shipping company for its fraudulent conduct. The judge, Anthony Trenga of...

WASHINGTON – Two Houston-area nurses and two of their co-conspirators have been sentenced in Houston for their 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)....

Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars...

Capmark Finance LLC in Horsham, Pa., has agreed to pay the United States $3.9 million, to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit, the Justice Department announced today.   The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, alleges that Capmark made false statements...

The Air Force has just suspended from federal contracting a unit of global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and recommended it for debarment. The notice was posted in the Excluded Parties List System on Monday. The EPLS record cites the action as a proposed...