Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EDT Welcome to the StopMedicareFraud.gov RSS news feed provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov News en-us WASHINGTON – Three Detroit-area clinic owners pleaded guilty today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/March/12-crm-323.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/March/12-crm-323.html Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EDT BEAUMONT, TX - A 61-year-old Humble, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for health care related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. http://www.fbi.gov/houston/press-releases/2012/humble-woman-sentenced-for-east-texas-health-care-fraud http://www.fbi.gov/houston/press-releases/2012/humble-woman-sentenced-for-east-texas-health-care-fraud Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#mar-13-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#mar-13-2012 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Broward County, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#mar-9-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#mar-9-2012 Mon, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today in Houston federal court to 30 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/index.html#mar-9-2012 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/index.html#mar-9-2012 Mon, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged participation in a nearly $375 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120228d.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120228d.html Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - An owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment company was sentenced today in Houston federal court to 30 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120214a.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120214a.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An assistant administrator of a Houston hospital was arrested today on charges related to his alleged participation in a $116 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#feb-8-2012 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#feb-8-2012 Thu, 8 Feb 2012 16:50:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Baton Rouge, La.,-area resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#feb-6-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#feb-6-2012 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:50:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner of multiple Baton Rouge medical equipment companies pleaded guilty today for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims and illegal kickback payments for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#feb-3-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#feb-3-2012 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner of a rehabilitation agency in Dearborn, Mich., was convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit for his leading role in a fraudulent Medicare therapy scheme, announced the Department of Justice, FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#feb-2-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#feb-2-2012 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An Atlanta resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a Louisiana-based Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#jan-31-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#jan-31-2012 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner and an employee of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty for their participation in a $22 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-26-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-26-2012 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area nurse pleaded guilty today for his participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-24-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-24-2012 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT SAN JUAN, P.R. – On January 12, 2012, a Federal grand jury returned two indictments against ten individuals for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was led by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), with the collaboration of the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/puertorico/index.html#jan-19-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/puertorico/index.html#jan-19-2012 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-17-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-17-2012 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner and a patient recruiter for a Louisiana durable medical equipment (DME) company were sentenced today to 60 and 55 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#jan-12-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#jan-12-2012 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EDT The pastor of a now defunct Los Angeles church who owned and operated several fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for his role in a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#jan-9-12 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#jan-9-12 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Broward County, Fla.-area halfway house pleaded guilty today for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-9-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-9-2012 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT DETROIT – The government has filed suit seeking $150 million in damages and penalties under the False Claims Act against Universal Imaging, Inc. and its current and former owners, Phillip J. Young and Mark Lauhoff, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#jan-6-12 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#jan-6-12 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An office manager for a Miami home health care agency was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for her participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Two of her co-defendants were also sentenced to prison today for their roles in the fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-05-2012 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#jan-05-2012 Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area occupational therapy assistant has pleaded guilty for her participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#dec-01-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#dec-01-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Pompano Beach, Fla.-area assisted living facility pleaded guilty for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company and a Medicaid fraud scheme that billed for assisted living services that were never provided, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Florida Office of the Attorney General. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#nov-30-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#nov-30-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter pleaded guilty for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme operated out of three Detroit-area health care clinics, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-29-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-29-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the award of $9 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs across the nation continue their work fighting Medicare fraud. This is part of President Obama’s initiative to educate people with Medicare about how to protect themselves and Medicare from fraud. SMPs rely on approximately 5,000 volunteers nationwide to enhance their efforts. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#nov-22-2011a http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#nov-22-2011a Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The United States filed a complaint against BestCare Laboratories, Inc. and its founder and principal, Karim A. Maghareh, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Justice Department announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#nov-22-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#nov-22-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area foot doctor pleaded guilty for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-22-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-22-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced to 21 months in prison for her role in a health care fraud scheme involving power wheelchairs, announced the Department of Justice, FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#nov-17-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#nov-17-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty for her participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#nov-08-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#nov-08-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area resident was charged and arrested in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme involving home health services, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the HHS-Office of Inspector General (OIG). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-03-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#nov-03-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Twelve individuals, including three medical doctors, a doctor of osteopathy and a chiropractor, were charged in the Eastern District of New York for their roles in separate health care fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $95 million in false claims to the Medicare program, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#nov-02-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#nov-02-2011 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced in Houston federal court to 41 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#oct-31-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#oct-31-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced in Houston federal court to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#oct-12-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#oct-12-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Martin Tasis was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his leading role in a $9.1 million Detroit-area Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#oct-07-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#oct-07-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area residents pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-27-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-27-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Ten Miami-area residents pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-21-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-21-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The former president and administrator of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-19-2011a http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-19-2011a Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Miami resident Marianella Valera, the owner of a mental health care company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), was sentenced to 35 years in prison for orchestrating a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-19-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-19-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Miami resident Lawrence Duran, the owner of a mental health care company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-16-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#sep-16-2011 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#sep-07-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#sep-07-2011 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – L Janzen, Johnston and Rockwell Emergency Medicine Management Services Inc. (JJ and R), a provider of billing services for physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, has agreed to pay the United States $4.6 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Louisiana’s Medicaid program. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#sept-01-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#sept-01-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT Detroit - Eighteen individuals were charged in court documents for their participation in a series of separate Medicare fraud schemes involving home health and psychotherapy services, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#sept-01-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#sept-01-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON –A registered nurse, pleaded guilty for her participation in a $25 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false billings for home health services. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-31-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-31-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT HOUSTON - Sunny Robinson, the owner of Memorial Medical Supply - a Houston durable medical equipment business, has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#aug-31-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#aug-31-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT Washington, DC – New Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Initiative is working to ensure that correct payments are made to legitimate providers offering health care services to Medicare beneficiaries https://www.cms.gov/Partnerships/04_FraudPreventionToolkit.asp#TopOfPage https://www.cms.gov/Partnerships/04_FraudPreventionToolkit.asp#TopOfPage Wed, 29 Aug 2011 16:30:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area occupational therapist pleaded guilty today for her participation in a Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-25-2011a http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-25-2011a Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner of three Detroit-area clinics was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in schemes that attempted to defraud the Medicare program of more than $15 million. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-25-2011b http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-25-2011b Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two sisters who owned a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic and who are former “Most Wanted” health care fraud fugitives pleaded guilty in Miami for their leading roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-24-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#aug-24-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area medical doctor who owned two medical offices pleaded guilty for his participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011a http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011a Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted a Miami-area owner of a mental health care company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), for orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $205 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011b http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011b Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The husband and wife owners and operators of a Miami-area medical equipment company were sentenced to 70 months and 37 months in prison, respectively, for participating in a durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011c http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011c Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT TAMPA, FL — President of DME Company sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and submitting false claims. His prison sentence is to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $7 million in restitution, a $3 million fine, and a $1,000 special assessment. The court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $5,800,000, representing the proceeds of the health care fraud. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011d http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-23-2011d Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT DALLAS — The Texas cities of Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Mesquite, Celina, DeSoto, Corpus Christi, Cedar Hill, Rowlett, North Richland Hills and University Park (collectively “Cities”) have agreed to pay the U.S. and Texas the collective amount of $1.69 million to resolve allegations they violated the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. The U.S. and Texas contend all the Cities caused “upcoded” claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for city-dispatched 911 ambulance transports between 2006 and 2010. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#aug-23-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas/texas.html#aug-23-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner of a Baton Rouge, La., durable medical equipment (DME) company, a medical doctor and two patient recruiters were each convicted for their roles in a $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#aug-17-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#aug-17-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two pastors of a now defunct Los Angeles church and a woman they employed at their fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies were convicted of conspiracy and health care fraud charges in connection with a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#aug-10-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#aug-10-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – HHS Secretary Sebelius speaks at the Senior Medicare Patrol National Conference http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/speeches/sp20110809.html http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/speeches/sp20110809.html Wed, 09 Aug 2011 16:30:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty for his role in two separate fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-02-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#aug-02-2011 Tue, 7 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two defendants who co-owned and operated two Brooklyn,N.Y.,-area pharmacies were arrested on health care fraud charges for their alleged participation in a scheme to defraud Medicare Part D that resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent billings. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#July-26-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#July-26-2011 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:30:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Nurses' Registry and Home Health Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the Justice Department announced today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/kentucky/index.html#July-26-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/kentucky/index.html#July-26-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty today for his participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-21-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-21-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT BOSTON, Mass. - A Dorchester pharmacist was convicted in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the United States government by submitting over $204,000 in false claims to Medicaid, a federally funded program. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/massachusetts/index.html#July-20-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/massachusetts/index.html#July-20-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT DENVER – Alpha Sleep Diagnostic Centers, LLC, and its subsidiaries, Beta Sleep Diagnostic Centers, Gamma Sleep Diagnostic Centers, Delta Sleep Diagnostic Centers, and Aurora Sleep Diagnostic Centers have paid $67,500 to the United States to settle allegations that the company inappropriately billed Medicare for conducting sleep studies. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/colorado/index.html#July-20-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/colorado/index.html#July-20-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT BOSTON, Mass. - A Dorchester pharmacist was convicted in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the United States government by submitting over $204,000 in false claims to Medicaid, a federally funded program. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/massachusetts/index.html#July-20-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/massachusetts/index.html#July-20-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that Thompson W. Chinwoh, age 57, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James J. Brady to serve forty-eight (48) months in federal prison for his role in a multi-year health care fraud scheme that he perpetrated in the Baton Rouge area. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#July-18-201 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#July-18-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT Knoxville - Allen R. Foster, M.D., 49, a resident of Gatlinburg, Tenn., who previously practiced medicine in the Morristown and Knoxville areas, was sentenced today by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Judge, to serve one year in federal prison. This sentence follows Foster's February 22, 2011, guilty pleas to health care fraud and tax related offenses. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#July-15-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#July-15-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident and owner of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-14-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-14-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The manager of a Miami health care agency and a registered nurse pleaded guilty for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-13-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-13-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Three Miami-area residents pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for their roles in a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#July-13-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT Knoxville - A $220,000 civil fraud settlement has been reached with two Florida-based providers of mental health services, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee and Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper, Jr. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#July-13-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#July-13-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT Washington - Alfred Hongleung Chan, 63, and Judy Yuan Chan, 62, both of Lakewood, Washington, were indicted by the grand jury earlier this year for twenty counts of health care fraud, obstruction of justice and money laundering. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/washington/index.html#July-13-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/washington/index.html#July-13-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for three Detroit-area clinics was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in fraud schemes that attempted to defraud the Medicare program of more than $15 million, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#July-12-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#July-12-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT NEWARK, N.J. – A Toms River, N.J., man admitted to unlawfully treating patients, prescribing medicine, and ordering procedures while posing as a licensed physician with an Ocean County, N.J., medical practice, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newjersey/index.html#July-11-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newjersey/index.html#July-11-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The co-owner of two health care companies was convicted on multiple health care fraud charges related to his participation in a scheme to defraud Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#July-8-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#July-8-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT webgenie Hartford - United States Attorney David B. Fein, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Chief State's Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced that Joseph Ubaghs, a licensed clinical social worker who resides in New Milford, has entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which he will pay $210,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act and common law. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/connecticut/index.html#July-8-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/connecticut/index.html#July-8-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT ATLANTA—A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against RAJASHAKHER P. REDDY, M.D., 41, of Atlanta, on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, health care fraud, and obstruction of justice. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/georgia/index.html#July 7, 2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/georgia/index.html#July 7, 2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT Scranton - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services announced that a Carbondale physician previously indicted and sentenced on health care fraud charges has been notified he is excluded from participation in all federal health care programs. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/pennsylvania/index.html#July-6-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/pennsylvania/index.html#July-6-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT New York - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Armen Kazarian, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to racketeering in connection with his involvement with the Mirzoyan-TerdjanianOrganization, an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise, engaged in a wide range of criminal activity. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#July6-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#July6-2011 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT Baltimore, Maryland - Larry Bernhard, age 55, a podiatrist who operated his business from his home in Gambrills, Maryland, pleaded guilty to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft related to a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for more than $1.1 million. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html#july-06-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html#july-06-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Leonard Langman, M.D., a neurologist who owned and operated a Brooklyn, N.Y., medical clinic pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare; the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP); the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (NYS-WCB); the New York State Insurance Fund (SIF) and various private health insurance carriers, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#july-6-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#july-6-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - A Miami-area psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for his part in a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#june-30-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#june-30-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that Samuel B. Johnson, age 48, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Court Judge James J. Brady to serve sixty (60) months in federal prison for his role in a multi-year health care fraud scheme that he perpetrated in the Baton Rouge area. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#june-30-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#june-30-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Rakesh Nathu, a Las Vegas physician, has agreed to pay the United States $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to federal health care programs for various radiation oncology services, including intensity modulated radiation therapy, the Justice Department announced today. Intensity modulated radiation therapy is a sophisticated radiation treatment indicated for specific types of cancer where extreme precision is required to spare surrounding organs or healthy tissue. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/nevada/index.html#june-30-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/nevada/index.html#june-30-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT TYLER, Texas – A 50-year-old Henderson, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-29-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-29-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Miami doctor Rene De Los Rios, 72, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his participation in a $23 million HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#june-27-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#june-27-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that U.S. District Judge Frank J. Polozola sentenced Veronica Ann Lewis Green, 43, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to thirty months in prison, restitution of $1,128,308, and two years’ supervised release after imprisonment. Judge Polozola ordered Green to pay restitution to Medicare, Blue Cross, and the Social Security Administration. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#june-23-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/louisiana/index.html#june-23-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Three employees of the Solstice Wellness Center, a Brooklyn-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing physical therapy and various diagnostic tests, have pleaded guilty in connection with a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#june-23-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#june-23-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two owners of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $800,000, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-22-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-22-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today to committing health care fraud and making false statements relating to health care matters, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-22-2011b http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-22-2011b Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT LOS ANGELES— The manager of a Tujunga medical supply company that fraudulently sought more than $1 million from the Medicare program for unneeded electric wheelchairs, hospital beds, and other durable medical equipment has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#june-21-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#june-21-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner of a Detroit-area medical clinic was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for her role in a $1.12 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#june-21-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#june-21-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An owner of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-20-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-20-2011 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area residents who were officers of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty today for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#june-10-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#june-10-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT GREENVILLE - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced Janet Johnson-Hunter, 51, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to 28 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release. The Court also imposed a fine of $10,000.00 and restitution to be paid to Medicare and Medicaid of $428,924.00 and $46,165.00, respectively. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#june-7-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#june-7-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT DALLAS - The City of Dallas has agreed to pay the U.S. and Texas $2.47 million and enter into certain compliance obligations to resolve allegations that it violated the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. The U.S. and Texas contend Dallas caused “upcoded” claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for city-dispatched 911 ambulance transports between 2006 and 2010. Dallas fully cooperated with the investigation, and by settling did not admit any wrong-doing or liability. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-7-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#june-7-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT New York - Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Special Agent-in-Charge Tom O’Donnell of the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Region II, announced that Gentiva Health Services, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, and formerly of Melville, New York, has paid $12.5 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare for costs not covered by the program. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#june-1-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#june-1-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident who was an owner and vice-president of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-27-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-27-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT HOUSTON - After approximately 12 hours of deliberation, a Houston jury has convicted Umawa Imo, 57, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kenneth Anokam, 56, a naturalized citizen, and Houston physician Dr. Christina Clardy, 61, United States Attorney Angel José Moreno announced today. Clardy, previously released on bond, was taken into custody after the verdict was returned. Imo and Anokam, already in federal custody since 2009, were ordered to remain in custody. Dr. Thaddeus Hume, 63, another Houston area physician, was acquitted of all charges. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-27-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-27-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT MIAMI - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Office of Investigations, Miami Regional Office, announced that a federal jury in Miami found Armando Santos, of Miami, guilty of health care fraud and making false statements related to health care matters. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-26-2011a http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-26-2011a Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT MIAMI - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Office of Investigations, Miami Regional Office, announced that a federal jury in Miami found Isachi Gil, 36, of Doral, Florida, guilty of health care fraud and making false statements related to health care matters. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-26-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-26-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Marion Beverly Metoyer, a patient recruiter for a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company, was convicted today by a Houston federal jury of health care fraud related to a power wheelchair fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-26-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-26-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT NASHVILLE - The United States was awarded $82,642,592 plus costs today in a "whisteblower" case, after U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes, Jr. found Renal Care Group (RCG), Renal Care Group Supply Company (RCGSC) and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (FMC) recklessly disregarded federal law when billing the Medicare program for home dialysis supplies and equipment from 1999 to 2005. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#may-26-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#may-26-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area residents who were owners and operators of a durable medical equipment (DME) company, pleaded guilty today for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-24-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-24-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – The owner of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced to 84 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-18-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-18-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An Oakland, Calif., woman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for her role in a scam to bill Medicare for more than $1.2 million in claims for expensive, high-end power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment (DME) that were not medically necessary. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-26-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-26-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn physical therapist pleaded guilty today for his role in submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy services that were medically unnecessary and never provided, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#may-13-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newyork/index.html#may-13-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT GREENVILLE - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced Janet Johnson-Hunter, 51, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to 28 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release. The Court also imposed a fine of $10,000.00 and restitution to be paid to Medicare and Medicaid of $428,924.00 and $46,165.00, respectively. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maine/index.html#may-9-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maine/index.html#may-9-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT NEWARK – A Rahway, N.J. man admitted today to posing as a licensed physician and unlawfully treating patients, prescribing medicine, and ordering procedures at an Elizabeth, N.J. medical practice in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme through which more than 20,000 patient visits were conducted by unlicensed individuals, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newjersey/index.html#may-9-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/newjersey/index.html#may-9-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - Two owners of a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic, Martin and Joaquin Tasis, and a man who helped them launder the proceeds of the fraud, Leoncio Alayon, were convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit for their roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#may-6-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/michigan/index.html#may-6-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Houston convicted four defendants today in connection with a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme that operated from April 2006 to August 2009, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the Texas Attorney General. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-4-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-4-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area corporations, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC) and Medlink Professional Management Group Inc., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-03-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#may-03-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT HOUSTON – A federal jury has convicted a durable medical equipment (DME) company owner and two marketers of defrauding both federal health care programs - Medicare and Medicaid, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-2-2011 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#may-2-2011 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – An Oakland, Calif., woman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for her role in a scam to bill Medicare for more than $1.2 million in claims for expensive, high-end power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment (DME) that were not medically necessary. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-26-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-26-2011 Tue, 26 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area medical assistants and a physician assistant were sentenced to prison for their roles in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion therapy. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#april-25-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#april-25-2011 Mon, 25 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON – A Los Angeles-area man pleaded guilty today to establishing fraudulent medical clinics and using stolen identities of physicians to defraud Medicare of up to $13.6 million. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-20-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#april-20-2011 Wed, 20 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Miami-area physician Rene De Los Rios was convicted of five felony counts by a federal jury for his role in a $23 million dollar HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#april-14-2011a http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#april-14-2011a Wed, 20 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Two Miami-area residents and owners of a mental health care corporation, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#apr-14-2011b http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#apr-14-2011b Wed, 20 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A registered nurse employed by a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with an alleged $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#april-8-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#april-8-2011 Wed, 20 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for her role in managing a community mental health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $100 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#apr-07-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#apr-07-2011 Mon, 11 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A Miami-area doctor, Fred Dweck, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme involving several Miami-area home health agencies, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#mar-29-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#mar-29-2011 Mon, 11 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A Los Angeles woman has pleaded guilty to using fraudulent medical clinics and the stolen identities of physicians to defraud Medicare of more than $6.2 million, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#mar-25-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#mar-25-2011 Mon, 11 April 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee today announced a nationwide TV and radio campaign to educate consumers about Medicare fraud. Public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at seniors will emphasize the importance of protecting sensitive personal information such as Medicare numbers. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110315b.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110315b.html Mon, 28 March 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Detroit today to participate in the fifth regional health care fraud prevention summit. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110315a.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110315a.html Mon, 28 March 2011 12:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Helen Etinfoh, the former owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today to 41 months in prison in connection with a $3 million power wheelchair fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#mar-11-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#mar-11-2011 Fri, 25 March 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to falsely representing to Medicare that she owned a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) company that was actually owned and operated by her brother, and used by her brother and others to submit more than $3.5 million in false claims to Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#mar-07-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#mar-07-2011 Fri, 25 March 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON An owner and a physician associated with a Detroit-area infusion therapy clinic were sentenced to 120 months and 97 months in prison, respectively, for their leading roles in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#mar-04-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#mar-04-2011 Fri, 25 March 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON The office manager of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with her former church pastor to run a power wheelchair scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $6 million, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#feb-18-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#feb-18-2011 Fri, 25 March 2011 10:00:00 EDT The Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 111 defendants in nine cities, including doctors, nurses, health care company owners and executives, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving more than $225 million in false billing. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/02/20110217a.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/02/20110217a.html Fri, 18 February 2011 11:00:00 EDT Houston, Texas is the location for the first in a series of six free complaince training sessions offered by the HHS Office of Inspector General. The sessions focus on a message about health care provider compliance. http://oig.hhs.gov/ http://oig.hhs.gov/ Fri, 2 February 2011 11:00:00 EDT The HHS Office of Inspector General has officially launched its "Most Wanted Fugitives List" to focus public attention on the first-ever list of individuals sought by authorities on charges of health care fraud and abuse. http://oig.hhs.gov/fugitives/ http://oig.hhs.gov/fugitives/ Wed, 9 February 2011 11:00:00 EDT HHS and DOJ officials announce fraud-fighting efforts and new Affordable Care Act rules that will help prevent and fight health care fraud http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/index.html http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/index.html Mon, 24 January 2011 11:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - Two owners of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with an alleged $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#jan-20-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#jan-20-2011 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A New Orleans-area medical doctor and the owner and operator of a medical equipment company were sentenced today to 48 and 30 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a Baton Rouge-area durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/louisiana.html#jan-06-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/louisiana.html#jan-06-2011 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Houston-area residents Dr. Howard Grant, Obisike Nwankwo and John Lachman were sentenced today to 41 months in prison, 21 months in prison, and 26 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a multi-million dollar durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#jan-4-2011 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#jan-4-2011 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Yudel Cayro, owner and operator of Courtesy Medical Group Inc., a medical clinic in Miami, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#dec-17-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#dec-17-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Dr. Alan Silber was sentenced yesterday in Detroit to 36 months in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the Medicare program. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-16-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-16-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON The owner and the vice president of a Detroit-area physical therapy clinic were sentenced to 151 months and 108 months in prison, respectively, for their leading roles in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-14-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-14-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Four Detroit-area residents were arrested today by federal agents from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and FBI as part of an ongoing investigation into a $14.5 million home health care fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-07-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#dec-07-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Houston-area residents Oliver Nkuku and Callistus Edozie were sentenced to 120 months in prison and 41 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare fraud scheme. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#nov-30-2010-houston http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/texas.html#nov-30-2010-houston Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON - Dr. Walter Janke, his wife, Lalita Janke, and Vero Beach, Fla.-based Medical Resources L.L.C. (MR) have agreed to pay $22.6 million to resolve allegations that they caused Medicare to pay inflated amounts based upon the submission of false diagnosis codes. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#nov-24-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#nov-24-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON An Oakland, Calif., woman was convicted of health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs that were medically unnecessary. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#nov-23-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/california/index.html#nov-23-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON Jose Garcia, 55, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Miami to 57 months in prison for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving a Miami-area HIV clinic. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#nov-18-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/florida.html#nov-18-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON A medical assistant was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program. http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#nov-17-2010 http://stopmedicarefraud.gov/HEATnews/michigan.html#nov-17-2010 Fri, 21 January 2011 10:00:00 EDT Washington - The owner of a Detroit-area medical clinic, Juan De Oleo, and a doctor who helped falsify files at the clinic, Dr. Rosa Genao, were convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit for their roles in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#aug-27-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#aug-27-2010 Wed, 01 September 2010 10:00:00 EDT McAllen, Texas - A 13-count superseding indictment charging Romelia Sanchez Puig, 41, of Edinburg, Texas, and two staff members of the Mission Clinic in Mission, Texas, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud arising from a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid from the operation of two clinics and mail fraud has been returned by a Corpus Christi grand jury, United States Attorney Jos Angel Moreno and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 29, 2010. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-27-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-27-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Washington - The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Dr. Najam Azmat and the Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross, Ga., the Justice Department announced on July 28, 2010. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#july-27-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#july-27-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Connecticut - David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Stacey Lee Williams, 38, of Hamden, was sentenced on July 27, 2010, by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to three years of probation, the first six months of which she must serve in home confinement, for submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/connecticut/index.html#july-27-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/connecticut/index.html#july-27-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT McAllen, Texas - Local Physician Assistant Manuel Anthony Puig, 44, has plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Texas Medicaid program, United States Attorney Jos Angel Moreno and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 26, 2010. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-26-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-26-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Martinsburg, West Virginia - A 54 year old Martinsburg physician was named in an Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Martinsburg, West Virginia. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/westvirginia/index.html#july-23-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/westvirginia/index.html#july-23-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT San Diego, CA - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that a seventeen-count indictment was unsealed today that charges four individuals in a Medicare billing fraud conspiracy. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#july-22-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#july-22-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Miami - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced that on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, defendant Raul S. Ramirez, 55, of Miami Gardens, FL, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, twelve counts of health care fraud, and three counts of money laundering. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#july-22-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/florida/index.html#july-22-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Tyler, Texas - A 49-year-old Henderson, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud related charges in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-21-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-21-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Los Angeles A federal jury on July 21, 2010, convicted the last six defendants indicted in relation to a ring that defrauded Medi-Cal out of nearly $4.6 million by using unlicensed individuals to provide in-home care to scores of disabled patients, many of them children with cerebral palsy or developmental disabilities. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#july-21-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html#july-21-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Huntsville - A Rainbow City woman pleaded guilty on July 20, 2010, to health care fraud totaling more than $330,000 for illegal prescription reimbursements she received while working as a pharmacy technician at a discount department store in East Gadsden, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley announced. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/alabama/index.html#july-20-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/alabama/index.html#july-20-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Washington - Jose Garcia, 55, who has been a fugitive since 2008, was taken into federal custody May 10, 2010, at Miami International Airport, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#july-16-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/dc/index.html#july-16-2010 Mon, 19 July 2010 12:00:00 EDT Baltimore, Maryland - William Crittenden, M.D., of Kensington, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $225,000 to settle claims that he submitted false claims to federal health benefits programs over a twenty month period between January 1, 2003 and November 30, 2005. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html#july-15-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html#july-15-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Savannah, Georgia - Hannes Robinson, 55, from Sandy, Utah, John Cutter, 45, from Raleigh, North Carolina, John Perez 64, from Miami, Florida, and Cynthia Bear, 41, from Pensacola, Florida were sentenced on July 14, 2010, by United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. for their roles in a elaborate scheme to defraud Bayer HeathCare. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/georgia/index.html#july-15-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/georgia/index.html#july-15-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that health care fraud fighters in the state of Florida will now have additional funding to help find potential fraud and abuse in the states Medicaid program through the use of Medicaid claims data. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/07/20100715a.html http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/07/20100715a.html Thu, 15 July 2010 23:00:00 EDT Houston, Texas - Sandra Thurman Patino, 46, the operator of two Houston area durable medical equipment (DME) companies, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison without parole for her role in a $3.9 million motorized wheelchair scam and ordered to pay restitution to Medicare, United States Attorney Jos Angel Moreno and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 12, 2010. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-13-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#july-13-2010 Mon, 02 August 2010 12:00:00 EDT Sacramento, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Audrey Renee Bell, 49, of Pacoima, Calif., was sentenced on June 7, 2010, by Senior United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton to five years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution in connection with a scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html.html#jul-7-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html.html#jul-7-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Pamela Arrey, age 49, of Glenelg, Maryland, a licensed pharmacist, to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to misbrand pharmaceuticals. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html.html#jul-5-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/maryland/index.html.html#jul-5-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Lubbock, Texas - Kawai Ary-Berry, 38, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced on July 2, 1010, by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to serve 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#jul-2-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#jul-2-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Los Angeles - The company that owns Advanced Radiology of Beverly Hills has paid the federal government $647,000 to settle allegations that it filed false claims with Medicare for unnecessary radiological tests. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html.html#jul-2-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/california/index.html.html#jul-2-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Abingdon, Virginia - United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced on July 2, 2010, that Amy Joyell Hicks, 35, of Marion, Va. was found guilty of one count of devising a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program by a jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/virginia/index.html#jul-2-2010a http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/virginia/index.html#jul-2-2010a Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Alexandria, Virginia - Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has named three prosecutors to lead the Offices efforts to combat health care fraud in the District. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/virginia/index.html#jul-2-2010b http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/virginia/index.html#jul-2-2010b Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Texarkana, Texas - A 60-year-old Mount Pleasant, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury in a disability fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#jul-1-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/texas/index.html#jul-1-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Chattanooga - Benchmark Rehabilitation Partners, LLC, doing business as Benchmark Physical Therapy, has entered into a settlement with the United States and the State of Tennessee to pay over $1.8 million resolving allegations that it improperly billed the Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid programs for physical therapy services in violation of federal and state laws and regulations, U.S. Attorney Russ Dedrick announced on June 30, 2010. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#Jun-30-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#June-30-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT Jackson, TN - Lorne Allan Semrau, 64 of Jackson, Tennessee, was convicted by a federal jury on June 17, 2010, for three counts of submitting false and fraudulent claims to defraud health care benefits programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in Tennessee and Mississippi announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#Jun-28-2010 http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/newsroom/your-state/tennessee/index.html#June-28-2010 Tue, 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EDT