November 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Al Tompkins – Poynter Institute As the country awaits the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, the question of what exactly a grand jury does is of prime interest. Al Tompkins, a Senior Faculty Member at the Poynter Institute and […]
Learn MoreNovember 12, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
CareAll Management LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively “CareAll”) have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the state of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and upcoded home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Department of Justice announced […]
Learn MoreNovember 03, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said preventing fraud is a priority to ensure that people who truly need assistance can get it. Ocean Dental had been accused of submitting false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid program for dental restorations by former employee Robin Lockwood between January 2005 and September 2010. Lockwood was sentenced to 18 […]
Learn MoreOctober 30, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
North Florida Shipyards and its president, Matt Self, will pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by creating a front company, Ind-Mar Services Inc., in order to be awarded Coast Guard contracts that were designated for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), the Justice Department […]
Learn MoreOctober 29, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc. have agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that EBI violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce use of its bone growth stimulators and billing federal health care programs for refurbished stimulators, the Department of Justice announced […]
Learn MoreOctober 22, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice announced today that two cardiologists based in London, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $380,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by entering into sham management agreements with Saint Joseph Hospital, also based in London, Kentucky, in exchange for the referral of cardiology procedures and other healthcare services […]
Learn MoreOctober 20, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Two groups of Houston-based diagnostic centers have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $2.6 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson for the Southern District of […]
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October 15, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer Media Team – Angie Moreschi and Larry Wiezycki Congratulations to our media team members Angie Moreschi and Larry Wiezycki. Both have been nominated for Emmys in the 38th annual Suncoast Emmy Awards. Larry’s nomination is for his work on the highly acclaimed PBS documentary JFK in Tampa: The 50th Anniversary. Angie received two […]
Learn MoreOctober 03, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A federal jury in Detroit late yesterday convicted the operator of an adult day care center and two individuals who owned and operated a network of home health care companies for their participation in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara […]
Learn MoreSeptember 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Thank you, for that kind introduction. And thanks to everyone at Taxpayers Against Fraud for inviting me to speak to you today. It has been my privilege, over the past several months, to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. The Criminal Division handles a wide range of […]
Learn MoreSeptember 17, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Detroit-area hematologist-oncologist pleaded guilty today for his role in a health care fraud scheme, admitting that he administered unnecessary chemotherapy to fraudulently bill the Medicare program and private insurance companies. According to court records, the scheme enabled the doctor to submit approximately $225 million in claims to Medicare over six years. Assistant Attorney […]
Learn MoreSeptember 16, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Episcopal Ministries to the Aging Inc. (EMA), a Maryland not-for-profit corporation that owns skilled nursing facilities, has agreed to pay $1.3 million to the government for submitting false claims to Medicare for unreasonable or unnecessary rehabilitation therapy purportedly provided by RehabCare Group East Inc., a subsidiary of Kindred Healthcare Inc. “Patient need must dictate the […]
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