July 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:
- Precision Lens Agrees to Pay $12 Million to the United States for Kickbacks to Doctors in Violation of the False Claims Act (Full Announcement)
- Admera Health Agrees to Pay Over $5M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Kickbacks to Third Party Marketers (Full Announcement)
- Santa Paula Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud for Role in Hospice Scam that Bilked Medicare Out of $3.2 Million (Full Announcement)
- Doctor Convicted for Illegally Distributing Over 1.8M Doses of Opioids and $5M Health Care Fraud Scheme (Full Announcement)
- Philadelphia-Area Doctor Agrees to Resolve Civil Allegations of Improper Prescribing of Controlled Substances (Full Announcement)
- Oklahoma Doctor Convicted after Stealing Controlled Substances from Hospital (Full Announcement)
- Ohio Medical Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme (Full Announcement)
- DaVita to Pay Over $34M to Resolve Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks (Full Announcement)
- Rite Aid Corporation and Affiliates Agree to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substance Act Allegations Related to Opioid Dispensing (Full Story)
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