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DME Conviction, Settlement Announced

By Mario Shtika | 12/19/2018 | 0

Cases include cheaper wheelchairs, telemarketing for braces.

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Telemed Doctor Shares Her Story

By Mario Shtika | 11/20/2018 | 0

She explains her brush with Medicare fraud.

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Clinic Owner Sentenced to 36 Months

By Mario Shtika | 11/20/2018 | 0

She was ordered to pay over $2.7 million in restitution.

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Twelve-state Vascular Centers Case Settled

By Mario Shtika | 11/06/2018 | 0

Surgical procedures were performed regardless of need.

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Cardiologist Sentenced to 42 Months

By Mario Shtika | 11/06/2018 | 0

He implanted unnecessary pacemakers.

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Hospice Nurse Expected to Plead Guilty

By Mario Shtika | 11/06/2018 | 0

Scheme included hastening patients’ deaths.

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Ambulance Company Owner Charged

By Mario Shtika | 10/24/2018 | 0

He instructed staff on how to write false reports

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Government Intervenes in Eye Doctor Case

By Mario Shtika | 10/24/2018 | 0

Lawsuit includes unnecessary cataract surgery, upcoding

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Nurse Takes Pills from Patients

By Mario Shtika | 10/24/2018 | 0

She used their identities to obtain opioids

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Hospital Chain Agrees to Pay Over $260 Million

By Mario Shtika | 10/10/2018 | 0

They pressured doctors to increase ER patient admissions

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