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United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Vitas the Largest For-Profit Hospice Chain in the U.S.

May 03, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The United States has filed suit against Chemed Corporation and various wholly owned hospice subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, alleging false Medicare billings for hospice services, the Justice Department announced today. Vitas is the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States and provides hospice services to patients in 18 […]

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Montana Hospitals Agree to Pay $3.95 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act and Stark Law Violations

May 01, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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St. Vincent Healthcare, a hospital located in Billings, Mont., and Holy Rosary Healthcare, a hospital located in Miles City, Mont., have agreed to pay $3.95 million plus interest to resolve allegations that they violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by improperly providing incentive pay to physicians that made referrals to the hospitals, […]

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Detroit Home Health Company Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Medicare Fraud

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

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WASHINGTON—An employee of Detroit medical service companies that fabricated patient visit notes and other documents as part of a $24 million home health care fraud scheme pleaded guilty today for her role in the conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of […]

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The Federal Government is Going After Lance Armstrong’s Money

April 24, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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AUSTIN, Texas — The federal government is going after Lance Armstrong’s money. As much as it can get. The Justice Department unveiled its formal complaint against Armstrong on Tuesday, saying the cyclist violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and was “unjustly enriched” while cheating to win the Tour de France. The government had […]

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Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare

April 24, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A former owner of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment supply company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud Medicare, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California; Glenn R. Ferry, Special Agent in Charge for the Los […]

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Two Georgia Dietitians Charged with Medicaid Fraud

April 22, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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BRUNSWICK, GA—Schella Hope, 47, a licensed dietitian whose business, Hope Nutritional Services, was located in Brunswick, Georgia, and Arlene Murrell, 65, a licensed dietician whose business, Quality Nutrition Services, was located in Newnan, Georgia, were charged with various health care fraud offenses in a 45-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, […]

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Kuchera Brothers Plead Guilty to Fraud Against the Government

April 17, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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JOHNSTOWN, PA—Two brothers who owned a major defense contracting firm waived indictment and pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of major fraud against the government and conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. William Kuchera, 58, of Summerhill, Pennsylvania, and Ronald Kuchera, 51, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts before […]

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Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital Owner, Executive, and Four Doctors Arrested in Alleged Medicare Referral Kickback Conspiracy

April 16, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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CHICAGO—The owner and another senior executive of Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the west side facility were arrested today for allegedly conspiring to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, including more than $225,000 in cash, along with other forms of payment, in exchange for the referral of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid […]

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New York Area Cardiologist Admits $19 Million Fraud

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

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Jose Katz, a 68-year-old cardiologist with offices in New York and New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to charges that he committed health care fraud, the US Attorney for New Jersey announced yesterday. Katz admitted that he billed Medicare Part B, Medicaid, and numerous private insurers “for unnecessary tests and unnecessary procedures based on false diagnoses […]

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Amarillo Doctor Ordered to Prison for Health Care Fraud Following State and Federal Probe

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

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AMARILLO — Dr. Michael David Goodwin, 63, an orthodontist who practiced in Amarillo and Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 50 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,810,960 in restitution, following his guilty plea in December 2012 to one count of health care fraud related […]

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NY doctor convicted in Medicare fraud scheme

April 10, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a doctor has been convicted of participating in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme. A jury in Brooklyn Monday convicted 50-year-old Dr. Gustave Drivas of Staten Island of health care fraud conspiracy and health care fraud following an eight-week trial. He was acquitted of kickback conspiracy. Evidence showed that […]

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Miami-Based Health Care Clinic and Its Owners Sentenced for $50 Million Fraud Scheme

April 09, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The owners and operators of Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, and the clinic itself were sentenced today for their participation in a Medicare 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 Wifredo […]

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