Healthicity Blog

1. Most Hated Man in Healthcare’ Trial Underway: “Martin Shkreli, the ‘most hated man in healthcare,’and former pharmaceutical executive who gained notoriety for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug, will finally go on trial Monday on charges of ripping off investors.”

1. Los Angeles Hospital Agrees to Pay $42 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians -

1. Orlando Doctor and Infusion Clinic Owner Sentenced to 64 Months and 90 Months in Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud -

1. Genesis Healthcare agrees to pay $53.6M to settle fraud allegation - “Pennsylvania-based Genesis Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $53.6 million to settle six False Claims Act lawsuits that accused the company of defrauding government healthcare programs.

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. Electronic Health Records Vendor To Pay The Largest Settlement In The District Of Vermont: eClinicalWorks LLC to Pay $155 Million to Resolve Civil False Claims Act Allegations –

1. Retina surgeon’s AMD regimen at center of Medicare fraud case: Earlier this month, a jury convicted West Palm Beach retina surgeon Solomon Melgen, MD, on 67 counts of Medicare fraud.

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...