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1. Huntsville Nursing Home Pays the United States and the State of Texas $5 Million to Settle Claims Alleging Poor Quality of Care –

1. Norwich Podiatrist Pays $35,000 to Settle Allegations under the False Claims Act -

1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center pays $6.5M to resolve Medicare fraud allegations: “Vanderbilt University Medical Center paid $6.5 million to settle a whistleblower suit alleging VUMC committed Medicare fraud between 2003 and 2011, according to a Tennessean report.

1. Miami-Area Man Charged For Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme - A Miami-area man was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct community mental health center located in Miami. Read the full...

1. Missouri Hospitals to pay U.S. $34m to settle alleged false claims: Two Southwest Missouri health care providers have agreed to pay the United States $34,000,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring...

Uh-oh. Foot problems are turning into legal difficulties for a Michigan podiatrist and things are not looking good.

A couple weeks ago, Medstar Ambulance Inc. settled False Claims Act allegations with the government for $12.7 million. The allegations were first brought to the attention of the government through a former billing office employee who filed a qui tam (i.e., whistleblower) lawsuit under the False...

On November 15, 2016, the HHS OIG announced that New Jersey OB/GYN, Dr. Labib Riachi, agreed to be excluded from participation in Federal healthcare programs for 20 years.