healthcare fraud

May 6, 2014
Florida-based Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement resolves allegations that...
May 1, 2014
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma (MCSO) and its parent, Health Management Associates, Inc., have agreed to pay $1,065,000 to the U.S. and $435,000 to the State of Oklahoma to resolve allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
April 29, 2014
Amedisys Home Health Companies have agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.  Amedisys is one of the nation’s largest providers of home health services and operates in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto...
April 24, 2014
CRC Health Corp. has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicaid and Tennessee Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.  CRC is a nationwide provider of substance abuse and mental health treatment services. CRC owns and operates a residential substance...
April 15, 2014
Kansas-based Hope Cancer Institute and its owner Dr. Raj Sadasvian have agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. The settlement resolves allegations that Sadasivan and Hope...
April 10, 2014
Alliance Rehabilitation, LLC and Active Physical Therapy Services, LLC, along with three individuals associated with those businesses, have agreed to pay the federal government $2.78 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and the TRICARE health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
March 19, 2014
American Family Care Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  American Family Care is a network of walk-in medical clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with offices in Alabama,...
March 14, 2014
CLP HealthcareServices, the parent company of Hospice Compassus, has agreed to pay $3.92 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced yesterday. Hospices provide palliative care...
March 11, 2014
Florida-based Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax) have agreed to pay $85 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  Halifax allegedly also violated the Stark Law. The Stark...
March 6, 2014
SelfRefind and PremierTox LLC have agreed to pay $15.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare and Kentucky’s Medicaid program for tests that were medically unnecessary, more expensive than those performed, or billed in violation of the Stark Law, the Department of Justice announced.  Drs. Bryan Wood...