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...
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Los Angeles Physician Assistant Found Guilty in $18.9 M Medicare Fraud
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...
Virginia-based Defense Contractor Calnet to Pay $18.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act
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...
Woman Who Couldn’t Be Intimidated By Citigroup Wins $31 Million
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...
Medicare Fraud: Lebanon Mo. Therapist Claims He Worked Everyday Except Christmas for 3 Years
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...
Federal Agents Arrest Connecticut Man In $20 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
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...
Army Buys Drip Pans for $17,000 Apiece
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...
Houston-Area Nurse Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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...
Sen. Grassley to IRS: Your Whistleblower Office is a Disgrace
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)....
Abbott Labs Pays $1.5B to Settle Off-label Promotion of Depakote
Company Maintained Specialized Sales Force to Market Drug for Off Label Purposes; Targeted Elderly Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes Global Health Care Company Abbott Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and...


