Kenneth Livesay, a former executive of Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp., should be sentenced to jail time for his role in a fraud scheme to "artificially inflate HealthSouth's earnings and to falsely report HealthSouth's financial condition," according to an opinion by…
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David Williams, the former owner of People's Choice Surgical Supplies, a Long Island, N.Y., medical supply company, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid of more than $1 million,…
A plea hearing has been set for Mark Kabins, MD, of Las Vegas, who is one of three defendants in a federal fraud case of allegations a network of Las Vegas physicians and lawyers conspired to commit healthcare fraud, according…
Adolph Yaniz, MD, of Merrillville, Ind., has been indicted on conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, aiding and abetting in healthcare fraud, taking kickbacks and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, according to a report in the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana.
The University of Virginia has begun online posting of faculty physicians' financial dealings with medical companies worth more than $10,000 a year, according to a report by the Charlottesville Daily Progress.
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Kaiser Permanente's Oregon division, Kaiser NW, which includes Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Ore., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest and Northwest Permanente Physicians & Surgeons has agreed to pay the United States $1.83 million to settle allegations…
Drea Lynne Gibson of Fall City, Wash. was recently sentenced in a Seattle U.S. District Court to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for product tampering in violation of federal law while she…
Charlene Frizzera, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recently discussed the top three sectors for Medicare fraud and the agency's plans and goals for combating fraud in a letter to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), following "repeated…
Here are five recent cases involving Medicare fraud and kickbacks or other inducements to healthcare providers or Medicare beneficiaries for their involvement in the fraud schemes.
Sukhdarshan S. Bedi, MD, of Energy, Ill., and his three healthcare clinics pleaded guilty to various charges related to illegally distributing controlled substances, according to a news release from the United States District Court in Benton, Ill.