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Case is just one of many in an alleged $ 8 billion pandemic fraud spree, according to DOJ. The feds are keeping an ever-sharper eye out for fraud related to COVID-19 relief funds, and a California hospice owner was one of the fraudsters spotted. Gurgen Israyelyan owned Saint Christopher Hospice Inc. in North Hollywood, which closed […]
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A Texas physician was found guilty Jan. 15 for his role in a $ 325 million healthcare fraud scheme that involved falsely diagnosing patients with various degenerative diseases and then administering chemotherapy and other toxic drugs to patients based on the false diagnoses, according to the Department of Justice.
After a 25-day trial, Jorge Zamora-Quezada, MD, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, seven counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Dr. Zamora-Quezada was charged in an indictment unsealed in May 2018. In addition to falsely diagnosing patients and administering unneeded drugs, he also allegedly conducted a battery of other fraudulent and excessive medical procedures on patients to increase revenue and fund his opulent lifestyle. Many patients, some as young as 13, suffered physical and emotional harm as a result of the false diagnoses and unnecessary procedures and chemotherapy injections, according to the Justice Department.
Read the full story on Becker’s Hospital Review here.
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Tampa, Florida – Dr. Charles Gerardi (76, Dunedin) has conceded to discouraging a Medicare review. He faces the punishment of 5 years in a government jail. A date of sentencing has not yet been set.
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The owner and managers of Arrow-Med Ambulance, Inc. plead guilty in connection with claims of fraud to Medicare and Medicaid. The accusation was of them using ambulances for medically unnecessary transports.
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Josh Shapiro, Attorney General, announced that a Johnstown plastic surgeon pleaded guilty today to two felonies. The surgeon bilked private insurers and the Medicaid program out of almost $ 300,000 by routinely billing Medicaid and private insurers for cancer treatments – even when the growths were not cancerous.
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Pennsylvania-based medical device manufacturer Biocompatibles Inc., a subsidiary of BTG plc, pleaded guilty today to misbranding its embolic device LC Bead and will pay more than $ 36 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising out of its illegal conduct, the Justice Department announced today. LC Bead is used to treat liver cancer, among other diseases.
Read the full story here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medical-device-maker-biocompatibles-pleads-guilty-misbranding-and-agrees-pay-36-million
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ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced the guilty plea today of a man who was previously charged with stealing funds from the Social Security Administration.
See the full story here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/vinton-man-pleads-guilty-federal-fraud-charge
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