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Operation Nightingale and Protecting Your Organization from Potential Licensure Fraud

Provider Trust

So, let’s say they were revoked in 2019; then they would issue the certificate and the diploma as if the student had attended between 2016 and 2017.” Twenty-five people were charged with criminal wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy for their involvement in the scheme, and these people could face up to 20 years in jail.

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Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Reach of Identity Theft Law

HIPAA Journal

In 2017, federal prosecutors indicted William and David Dubin on 20 counts related to the overbilling of Medicaid, which included 6 counts of aggravated identity theft and resulted in the practice receiving around $300,000 in fraudulent reimbursements. That fraudulent claim resulted in a payment of $338.

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Healthcare Organizations Warned About Evil Corp. Cybercrime Syndicate

HIPAA Journal

Evil Corp’s malware and ransomware variants have been used in many cyberattacks on the HPH sector, one of the most well-known being the BitPaymer ransomware attack on the National Health Service (NHS) Lanarkshire Board in Scotland in 2017.

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Florida Woman Lands Herself 6.5 Years in Prison, Owes $45 Million for Medicare Fraud Scheme

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 22, 2017, a Florida woman who was accused of a $45 million Medicare fraud, received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence, following a 2016 US Supreme Court decision in her case holding that the government could not freeze untainted assets. Indest III, J.D.,

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Florida Woman Lands Herself 6.5 Years in Prison, Owes $45 Million for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Pharmacy Law Blog

On November 22, 2017, a Florida woman who was accused of a $45 million Medicare fraud, received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence, following a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision in her case holding that the government could not freeze untainted assets. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law.

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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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Mind Games: SCOTUS to Rule on what “Knowing” Means under the False Claims Act 

Health Law RX

In such cases, a defendant is typically accused of falsely attesting to compliance with conditions of payment or other requirements under government programs. In these cases, the relator is not alleging the absence of a product or service for which the government has paid. In 2017, in United States ex rel. Below, the U.S.