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1. Port Charlotte Doctor Sentenced To Five Months In Prison For Obstruction Of An Audit Tampa, Florida –

1. Houston Psychiatrist Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Role in $155 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme –

1. Four Individuals Charged In Widespread Scheme To Defraud Medicare And Other Health Insurance Providers Through Fraudulent Medical Corporations And False Billing Resulting In Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Losses –

1. Ambulance Company and its Municipal Clients Agree to Pay Over $21 Million to Settle Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks and Improper Financial Relationships –

1. Merced Former CEO and Licensed Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud –

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently announced another location for a Medicare Fraud Strike Force.  This newest location is the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force.

1. Former Owner of Sleep Study Businesses Convicted of Fraud Conspiracy -

The most recent report posted by the OIG addresses what they feel are the compliance vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice program.