Health Care Investigations

The United States Department of Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Force is a government group put together with one focus: take down medical professionals and others that are committing health care fraud. As noted in a recent publication by the New York Law Journal, this...

The government recently accused three physicians out of Long Island for taking part in a health care fraud scheme that cost the Medicare and Medicaid program approximately $163 million in fraudulent charges. The physicians were investigated by many government...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a settlement between the government and a family of integrated hospitals and health care providers that operate in New York. The settlement includes an agreement to pay the State of New York $895,427 and an additional...

As noted in the previous piece, Government and health-care fraud, Part 1: Why the crackdown?, the United States government has stepped up its efforts to prosecute those who are accused of health-care fraud. The main motivation for these efforts is money. The...

The United States Government, along with state governments, have made it clear that they plan to crackdown on health-care fraud. The reasons behind this focus were recently discussed in two reports.The first report, “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the arrest of hundreds of individuals in the "biggest healthcare fraud take-down in history." The DOJ arrested 601 people from 58 different federal districts for filing $2 billion in false claims.The DOJ stated two...

New York State's Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced the arrest of a local pharmacy owner. The government has accused the pharmacy owner of defrauding millions from the New York State Medicaid program. Government agencies list accusations The...

A New York doctor was accused of stealing medications from patients when he practiced in North Carolina. When he applied for a New York medical license, the form asked if his license had been in the past suspended in another state.Syracuse.com got a copy of the...

New York is cracking down on medical transport fraud throughout the state. The Inspector General has stated that the medical transportation industry in the state is “plagued with corruption,” and that law enforcement is working to send “a clear...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues its fight against the opioid crisis in the United States. As part of this fight, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a dozen top federal prosecutors to scour the country for medical professionals that allegedly abuse the...