Healthicity Blog

“…let me be clear: healthcare fraud is a priority for the Department of Justice,” is how Kenneth Blanco, acting Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, began his speech on May 18, 2017, at the Institute on Health Care Fraud of the American Bar Association.

1. Kentucky doctor sentenced in Medicaid fraud case: Big fraud in Kentucky. “A Kentucky doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $10,000 in restitution.

1. Coral Gables Woman Sentenced For Skimming Social Security And Medicaid Benefits From Mentally Ill And Elderly Beneficiaries - Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Ilfrenise Charlemagne (68, Coral Gables) to 33 months in federal prison for wire fraud.

When most of us hear “False Claims Act,” we usually think of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA).

1. MEDICARE FRAUD TRIAL SET FOR DOCTOR TIED TO MENENDEZ PROBE-WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - “Many of the Medicare fraud charges against prominent Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen are complicated, but one is simple

We hear a lot about fraud and abuse involving the Medicare program, and rightfully so. But because Medicaid programs are state-run, we may not hear of Medicaid issues unless they are in the news, in the state we live or work in.

1. Administrator of Miami - Area Home Health Agency Sentenced to 126 Months in Prison for Involvement in $2.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme -

1. Healthcare Service Provider to Pay $60 Million to Settle Medicare and Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations - A major U.S. hospital service provider, TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC), has agreed to resolve allegations