January 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

• Glastonbury Psychologist Admits Defrauding Medicaid of More Than $1.6 Million Full Story
• Doctor Agrees to Pay $95,000 to Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud Full Story
• Columbia Physician Indicted for False Statements to Medicare Full Story

Pharmacist Fraud

• Current and Former Owners of Center City Philadelphia Pharmacy Agree to Pay Over $4.6 Million to Resolve Civil Investigations of Improper Medicare and Medicaid Billing Full Story
• Pharmacist Sentenced for Illegally Dispensing Promethazine Cough Syrup and Earning Millions in Profits Full Story

Entity Fraud

• ChristianaCare Pays $42.5 Million To Resolve Health Care Fraud Allegations Full Story
• New Jersey Laboratory and Its Owner and CEO Agree to Pay Over $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Unnecessary Testing Full Story
• Kentucky Lab Agrees to $4.9 Million Civil Judgment and Drug Treatment Center Enters Settlement to Pay $2.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Full Story
• New York Presbyterian Hospital Pays Over $800,000 to Settle Claims that Physician Practices Improperly Billed Government Health Care Programs Full Story

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