March 2024 Bad Actor Roundup By Verisys

Each month we will give a roundup of recent healthcare fraudsters and compliance busters. Here is a round up of bad actors:

Physician Fraud

• Physician pays $1.8M to settle False Claims Act liability (Full Story)
• Arlington doctor who illegally flooded Northern Virginia with oxycodone pills sentenced to 10 years in prison (Full Story)
• Richland Physician, Health Care Staffing Company Agree to Pay $700,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from Telemedicine Scheme (Full Story)
• Physician Pays $95,000 to Resolve Allegations of Genetic Testing Fraud (Full Story)
• Podiatrist Convicted of $4M Foot Bath Fraud Scheme (Full Story)

Pharmacist Fraud

• Philadelphia Pharmacy Criminal Pleas and Civil Resolutions Result in Multiple Criminal Convictions and Over $4 Million Recovered (Full Story)
• New Baltimore Pharmacist Sentenced To Over 8 Years In Prison For Filling Fake Prescriptions (Full Story)

Entity Fraud

• Fort Lauderdale Man Pleads Guilty To $36.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme (Full Story)
• New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Settles Health Care Fraud Claims for $17.3 Million (Full Story)
• Former CEO Of Medical Device Company Convicted Of Creating And Selling A Fake Component That Was Implanted Into Patients (Full Story)

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