A physician in Collinsville, Ill., admitted to illegally prescribing an anti-anxiety drug, the U.S. Justice Department said June 7.  Matthew Steven Miller, MD, an osteopathic physician, admitted he ...08 June 2022

A Newton, Mass.-based physician agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that he improperly prescribed schedule II, IV and V controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said June 1.  Hooshang ...02 June 2022

... Martin worked as bookkeeper, business manager and COO of the practices, which are physician-owned, according to a May 27 Wichita Eagle report. From 2012 to 2017, she embezzled from her employers by fraudulently ...27 May 2022

Former CEO and owner of Sarasota (Fla.) Pain Associates Steven Chun, MD, 59, was found guilty of a more than $4.5 million fentanyl kickback and bribery scheme, the Justice Department said May 24. Dr. ...25 May 2022

Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, a physician-owned hospital based in Oklahoma City, paid $1.2 million to settle billing fraud allegations May 16. The hospital discovered billing irregularities during ...17 May 2022

... companies and paid several million in kickbacks to physicians around the country. They engaged in a circular scheme of kickbacks and bribes paid to physicians and solicited from marketing companies, ...11 May 2022

Four lawsuits from the U.S. Justice Department have put physicians under fire for opioid distribution in the last 10 days.  The four cases: 1. The Justice Department brought charges against an Alabama ...05 May 2022

Queensbury, N.Y., pain management physician Ehab Kodsi, MD, PhD, pleaded guilty to underreporting his income on his tax returns, ABC affiliate News10 reported May 4. Dr. Kodsi, 56, is the owner of ...04 May 2022

Washington emergency medicine physician William Washington, MD, was among 19 people charged in an alleged scheme to defraud the NBA's health plan of $5 million, the Justice Department said April 27. Between ...29 April 2022

Donald Woo Lee, MD, was sentenced to 93 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $4.5 million for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said April 28. Five details: ...28 April 2022

Urgent care physician Josef Schenker, MD, and the two New York City urgent care facilities he owns, are paying $564,217 to settle allegations they submitted false claims to CMS for services not provided ...27 April 2022

A federal court dismissed a whistleblower's claims that Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System, its physician group and other affiliates schemed to overcompensate cardiologists for patient referrals, ...25 April 2022

Several high-profile whistleblower cases have reached settlements with the federal government in the last three months, with some physicians taking home millions as part of the agreements. Six whistleblower ...14 April 2022

College Park, Md.-based internal medicine physician Anuja Kurichh, MD, has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to resolve billing fraud allegations, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Three details: ...01 April 2022

An Alexandria, La.-based physician pleaded guilty March 29 to accepting kickbacks from a medical supply and billing company, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Robert Clay Smith, MD, 60, admitted ...30 March 2022

Miami physician Mark Zager, MD, was sentenced to two years in prison for healthcare and wire fraud, the Justice Department said March 24. Dr. Zager pleaded guilty on June 1 to the charges, which involved ...24 March 2022

Konstantinos Zarkadas, MD, of Glen Cove, N.Y., was sentenced to spend 51 months in prison and repay $3.5 million in restitution for COVID-19 emergency relief fraud, the Justice Department said March 18. ...18 March 2022

Tampa, Fla., anesthesiologist and pain management physician Zachary Bird, MD, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, the Justice Department said March 16. Dr. Bird operated the now-shuttered ...17 March 2022

A New Jersey rheumatologist was convicted by a federal jury for defrauding Medicare and other insurers, the Justice Department said in a March 8 statement.  Alice Chu, who owned and operated a rheumatology ...09 March 2022

... new fraud and stole $637,200 from the Paycheck Protection Program in the early days of a devastating pandemic." As a result of his fraudulent billings, Mr. Goyal was the highest-billing physician in ...04 March 2022