by Lisa Dalga | Jan 22, 2021 | Article, Medicare Legal Action
January 22, 2021 Sedat Necipoglu, Onder Ari and their companies Verge Home Care and Allstate Hospice have agreed to pay over $1.8 million to resolve allegations that they submitted claims to Medicare that resulted from referrals that were unlawful. Read the press...
by Lisa Dalga | Jan 15, 2021 | Article, Medicare Legal Action
January 15, 2021 A diagnostic laboratory, Exceltox, will pay $357,584 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted claims for genetic tests to Medicare without valid physician oversight. The settlement agreement...
by Lisa Dalga | Jan 14, 2021 | Article, Medicare Legal Action, Scam Alert
January 14, 2021 The owner of an Orlando-area telemarketing call center was convicted for his role in a kickback scheme involving expensive genetic tests and fraudulent telemedicine services that resulted in the payment of approximately $2.8 million in false and...
by Lisa Dalga | Jan 12, 2021 | Article, Medicare Legal Action
January 12, 2021 Roger D. Anderson was convicted last March and sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for illegal distribution of opioids and health care fraud. Read the story. If you suspect Medicare fraud, contact Ohio SMP at 1-800-488-6070 option 7, use the...
by Lisa Dalga | Jan 7, 2021 | Broadcast, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare Legal Action
January, 7, 2021 Julie Taguchi and Madan Mohan, doctors from California, entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit health care fraud related to a COVID-19 antibody test developed by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Arrayit. Authorities said the defendants allowed Arrayit to...
by Lisa Dalga | Jan 5, 2021 | Article, Fighting Fraud, Medicare Legal Action
January 5, 2021 The owners of over a dozen New York-area pharmacies were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits in the Medicare system...
