Former pain management physician John Keun Sang Lee, MD, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud associated with his Venetia, Pa.-based pain management practice, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 4.  From ...04 November 2022

Los Banos, Calif.-based physician Sohail Mamdani, DO, was charged with mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a $53 million disability insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said ...28 October 2022

Mansfield, La.-based physician Jeffrey Evans Jr., MD, and Debra Craig, a licensed practical nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally obtaining and distributing opioids and adderall, the ...27 October 2022

Becker's has reported on three physician or physician assistant fraud cases since Oct. 6.  1. Daniel Canchola, MD, pleaded guilty for his role in a $54 million Medicare fraud scheme. From August 2018 ...26 October 2022

Daniel Canchola, MD, pleaded guilty for his role in a $54 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Oct. 25. From August 2018 to April 2019, Dr. Canchola, 49, of Flower Mound, Texas, ...25 October 2022

Willingboro, N.J.-based former physician assistant Aaron Jones, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for a scheme that defrauded payers millions of dollars, Press of Atlantic City reported Oct. 5.  ...06 October 2022

Here are six physician healthcare fraud cases since Sept. 1:  1. Santa Ana, Calif.-based physician Mohammed El-Nachef, MD, pleaded guilty to defrauding California's Medi-Cal system by prescribing medically ...05 October 2022

Santa Ana, Calif.-based physician Mohammed El-Nachef, MD, pleaded guilty to defrauding California's Medi-Cal system by prescribing medically unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, The Telegraph ...29 September 2022

Kala Sloan, the vice president of two Raleigh, N.C.-based medical equipment companies, has pleaded guilty to falsifying physician orders to bill Medicare $50 million, according to a Justice Department ...26 September 2022

Cleveland-based physician Timothy Sutton, MD, has been accused of illegally billing Medicare for tests that aim to predict a patients' likelihood of cancer and prescribing braces to patients who didn' ...21 September 2022

Here are five stories about physicians being sentenced to prison for drug crimes that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 9: 1. Dearborn, Mich.-based physician Tete Oniango, MD, was sentenced to four ...21 September 2022

Oakland County, Mich.-based podiatrist Kenneth Mitchell, DPM, was convicted for his role in a $1.8 million healthcare fraud scheme after billing Medicare under another physician's name, the U.S. Justice ...19 September 2022

Denton, Texas-based physician Stanley Charles Evans, MD, has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 12.  Beginning in 2017, Dr. Evans, 63, allegedly ...13 September 2022

Matthew Steven Miller, DO,  was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally prescribing Xanax, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 7. Between 2016 and 2018, Dr. Miller, who at the time was licensed ...08 September 2022

A Brownsville, Texas-based physician assistant has been charged for defrauding Medicaid by working with a suspended medical license, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 6.  Fernando Mendez, 49, ...06 September 2022

Scranton, Pa., pain management physician Kurt Moran, MD, was sentenced to 140 months in prison for healthcare fraud and illegal distribution of a controlled substance, the Justice Department said Sept. ...01 September 2022

... a physician and a chiropractor. The benefit plan provides coverage for eligible active and former NBA players and their family members. From at least 2017 through at least 2021, Mr. Williams and others ...29 August 2022

... more than 7,810 oxycodone 30mg pills to his friends so they could sell it to buy cocaine and pay for private school tuition. 7. Tampa, Fla., anesthesiologist and pain management physician Zachary Bird, ...29 August 2022

St. Louis-based physician Abdul Naushad, MD, has been sentenced to prison for injecting patients with cheaper osteoarthritis treatments that had not been approved by the FDA, local CBS affiliate KMOV4 ...26 August 2022

Physicians are allowed to offer patients gift cards in small amounts in exchange for completing online patient education modules without violating the anti-kickback statute, according to an opinion from ...25 August 2022