Medicare Fraud
Laboratory and Owner of Lab Management Services Company to Pay $3.77 Million to Resolve Kickback and Medical Necessity Claims
DALLAS – Primex Clinical Laboratories, LLC has agreed to pay $3,500,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for laboratory referrals for patient pharmacogenetic testing. In a related settlement, Mitch Edland, the Chief Executive Officer and owner of DNA Stat, LLC, has agreed to pay $270,000 to resolve…
Read MoreWoman Indicted for Running Health Care Fraud Scheme from Prison
DALLAS — Alexis C. Norman, 46, of Midlothian, Texas has been indicted on felony offenses stemming from a health care fraud conspiracy she ran from prison that involved the submission of more than $810,000 in false claims to Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Norman is scheduled to make…
Read MoreOwner of Apple of Your Eye Healthcare Services, Inc. Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison for Role in Fraud Conspiracy
DALLAS — Wilbert James Veasey, Jr., 65, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Dallas on a health care fraud conspiracy conviction, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Veasey was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 210 months in federal prison and order to…
Read MoreFake Hospice Nurse Sentenced to 48 Months in Federal Prison
DALLAS — A Dallas woman who stole the identity of a registered nurse and used that identity to work at several Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area hospice companies, where she saw and purportedly treated 243 hospice patients, was sentenced this morning, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jada Necole Antoine, 34,…
Read MoreFormer CFO Sentenced to 23 Months in Federal Prison for False Meaningful Use Claims
A former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has been sentenced to serve 23 months in federal prison after making false claims to receive payments under the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. Joe White, 68, was the former CFO of Shelby Regional Medical Center and was responsible for overseeing the implementation of new Electronic Health…
Read MoreSeven Charged in North Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History
USDOJ: US Attorney’s Office – Northern District of Texas North Texas Defendants Owned and Operated Home Health Companies DALLAS – Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges…
Read MoreDallas Physician and His Employee Arrested for Alleged $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A physician who ran a medical house call service business in Dallas, and an employee of that business were arrested this morning on charges related to their alleged participation in a $5.2 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney John R. Parker…
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