Firm News

The owner and operator of a Louisiana-based durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for his role in a $6.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice...

A surgeon at Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital cut a hole in Earl Nattee’s throat on Jan. 3, the day before he died. It’s not clear why. The medical file contained no explanation of the need for the procedure, called a tracheotomy, according to a state and federal...

The ABC TV station in Orlando reported on allegations that Halifax Hospital put patient’s safety at risk, through unnecessary surgeries and inappropriate admissions, in order to get more money from Medicare and Medicaid. The allegations are part of a whistleblower...

Over-billing, unnecessary surgeries and procedures, improper admissions — these are serious issues of concern driving up the cost of medical care for all of us.  They are also the key issues in a growing number of whistle-blower lawsuits being filed by medical workers...

Four WellCare Executives were found guilty on several criminal counts in a case that started, in part, with a whistleblower suit filed by James Hoyer Law Firm client Clark Bolton.  Qui tam cases filed by Bolton and three other whistleblowers led to a civil settlement...

BOSTON – A Lawrence-based non-profit agency, funded largely by federal government grants, has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that several of its employees, including its former executive director, were paid for work on federal grants that...

A federal jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania convicted Eugene Goldman, M.D., 55, of Philadelphia, of one count of conspiring to violate the anti-kickback statute and four counts of violating the anti-kickback statute in relation to his role in a...

American Commercial Colleges Inc. (ACC) has agreed to pay the United States up to $2.5 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that it violated the civil False Claims Act by falsely certifying that it complied with certain eligibility requirements of the...

The whistleblower case filed against Education Management Corporation by James Hoyer Law Firm client Jason Sobek has cleared a major hurdle. U.S. District Court Judge Terrence McVerry in Pittsburgh ruled to deny EDMC’s Motion to Dismiss Sobek’s suit.  The case will...

Al Scudieri & Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor James Hoyer Lead Investigator Al Scudieri discussed anti-crime efforts with Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor at the Tampa Chapter luncheon for the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Chief Castor was honored for...