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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 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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

KNOXVILLE — A physicians practice group has agreed to pay $4.36 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law while submitting false claims for medical services. The settlement involves Apex Medical Group, doing business as Nephrology Consultants, and some...

Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities has resulted in charges against 107 individuals, including doctors, nurses...

The clerk who blew the whistle on a Sacramento Public Library Authority kickback scheme that sent three people to prison settled her retaliation lawsuit against the agency for $343,000, it was disclosed Monday. Diane Boerman last month reached a confidential...

With family and friends looking on proudly, James Hoyer Law Firm Associate Jillian Estes was honored with this year’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Young Lawyer Award in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Jillian accepted the award on April 26th, 2012 at the...