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321. Alabama pain clinic owners convicted of $50M healthcare fraud, illegal opioid distribution
A federal jury has found two pain clinic owners, a Tennessee physician and his wife, guilty of defrauding insurers, providing unnecessary services and illegally distributing opioids, the Justice Department ...03 March 2022 -
322. 3 recent physician kickback suits totaling $300M+
Three kickback suits involving physicians have been settled in the last month, according to the Justice Department, totaling more than $300 million. The suits: 1. A Texas physician pleaded guilty ...28 February 2022 -
323. New York ophthalmologist sues retail worker for enforcing mask mandate
New York ophthalmologist David Kwiat, MD, is suing Jason Houle, a butcher shop worker, for $250,000 over a request that the physician wear a mask, according to court documents. Dr. Kwiat, who runs ...25 February 2022 -
324. February 2022 Issue of Becker's ASC Review
... of people struggling with long COVID-19. What happens when physicians sell their practices Physician practices are selling to hospitals and corporate entities at an accelerated rate during the COVID-19 ...24 February 2022 -
325. Physician under fire for alleged fraud, improper employee bonuses
New details have emerged about the California Justice Department's fraud investigation into a pain management center chain that closed abruptly in May 2021, according to the Los Angeles Times. Six ...22 February 2022 -
326. 2 Texas physicians indicted in $300M kickback scheme
Two Laredo, Texas-based physicians were among 10 indicted in a $300 million healthcare fraud scheme Feb. 10, according to the Justice Department. Five details: 1. Jose Roel Maldonado, MD, a family ...10 February 2022 -
327. Private equity firms paid nearly $22M to settle medical group fraud claims last year
Private equity companies with physician groups in their portfolios are being held accountable for False Claims Act violations and will continue to face scrutiny from the Justice Department this year. "With ...04 February 2022 -
328. Mastermind of $9M physician kickback scheme gets 5 years in prison: 4 details
The CEO of several medical imaging companies in California has been sentenced to five years in prison for spearheading a billing fraud scheme that paid millions in kickbacks to physicians. Four details: ...31 January 2022 -
329. January/February 2022 Issue of Becker's ASC Review
... excellence award The Leapfrog Group released its first ever award for excellence in patient care to ASCs Nov. 30. Physicians get temporary reprieve from Medicare pay cuts Physicians faced a Medicare ...26 January 2022 -
330. Iowa surgical group pays $612K to resolve fraud allegations: 5 details
Tri-State Specialists in Sioux City, Iowa, will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to resolve billing fraud allegations. Five details: 1. The government accused Tri-State of fraudulently billing ...21 January 2022 -
331. New Jersey ASCs, physician-owner to pay $7.4M to settle fraud allegations
Six New Jersey surgery centers and medical offices affiliated with the Interventional Pain Management Center, owned by Amit Poonia, MD, have agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve fraud allegations. The ...13 January 2022 -
332. Top-paid balloon sinuplasty physician indicted in fraud scheme: 3 details
Anita Louise Jackson, MD, was indicted Jan. 5 for allegedly spearheading a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Three details: 1. Dr. Jackson allegedly performed more than 1,200 balloon sinuplasty procedures ...06 January 2022 -
333. Funds misrouted to 'unknown bank account': Florida GI group hit with data breach, wire fraud
Bradenton-based Florida Digestive Health Specialists is notifying more than 212,500 individuals of a December 2020 breach involving business email compromise and fraud. On Dec. 27, 2021, the 49-physician ...06 January 2022 -
334. Chicago gastrointestinal physician charged with insider trading
... biotechnology company, the U.S. Justice Department alleges. Three things to know: 1. Dr. Catenacci was one of the lead physicians and primary field investigators for the unnamed company's clinical ...21 December 2021 -
335. ASC, physician-owned hospital whistleblowers got up to $3M this year: 5 cases
... MD, agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve the allegations and Ms. Lezanne received $636,875, or 17 percent of the settlement, in mid-December. 2. Myron Jones, MD, a physician formerly employed at Atlanta-based ...17 December 2021 -
336. Ex-physician, ASC company found guilty of $355M fraud scheme
A federal jury on Dec. 16 found a former physician and his company guilty of a scheme to defraud private insurers and the Tricare program by submitting about $355 million in false claims. Julian Omidi, ...17 December 2021 -
337. Mississippi physician to pay $375K to resolve Medicare billing fraud allegations
A Mississippi physician and his practice have agreed to pay $375,000 to resolve allegations of improperly billing Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern ...14 December 2021 -
338. Physician gets Iowa medical license after being barred in 3 states
The Iowa Board of Medicine granted a license to Parth Bharill, MD, a physician currently on probation for his role in a scheme to distribute opioids to drug users, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 29. ...30 November 2021 -
339. Illinois medical group pays $500K to resolve fraud allegations
... medical group issued a statement to KHQA responding to the settlement, saying the "procedures were performed by a single physician who has not been employed by [Quincy] for over three years." The settlement ...30 November 2021 -
340. Fraud, tax evasion, illegal opioids & more: Inside 3 suits against pain physicians
Here are three lawsuits involving pain physicians Becker's has reported on since Oct. 1: 1. A Kentucky pain physician must pay more than $567,000 in restitution for his involvement in a referral kickback ...29 November 2021