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Owner and Medical Director of Pain Clinic Jailed for Urine Drug Testing Scheme

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On April 11, the medical director and the owner of a pain clinic in Kentucky were sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud federal healthcare programs and commercial insurance companies for medically...more

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Brooklyn Cardiologist Hit with Fraud Charges

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On December 14, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and other agencies announced the indictment of Niranjan Mittal, a Brooklyn cardiologist, on multiple fraud charges. Mittal allegedly fabricated...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud

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Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud - On December 11, a federal court in California unsealed a superseding indictment, which charged two men with operating a $25 million cryptocurrency fraud...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Court Unseals Charges Alleging Nearly $15 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans

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Court Unseals Charges Alleging Nearly $15 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans - Earlier this week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging six...more

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Private Insurers Must Watch Out for Medical Equipment Fraud

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Healthcare fraud related to durable medical equipment (DME) is extremely costly to insurers yet often continues without criminal or civil consequences. Fraudulent schemes by DME supply companies vary in complexity but...more

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Investigations Newsletter: 4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Medicaid Suit Against Allergan 

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4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Medicaid Suit Against Allergan - On January 25, 2022, a majority of the Fourth Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of a relator's False Claims Act complaint against Allergan Sales LLC,...more

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NYC Pharmacy Owner Charged With Healthcare Fraud

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The owner of Brooklyn Chemists in Gravesend, Brooklyn and Lucky Care Pharmacy in Flushing, Queens was recently indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States by paying...more

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Investigations Newsletter: HHS Announces Final Rules Amending Stark Law Regulations and Anti-Kickback Statute

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HHS Announces Final Rules Amending Stark Law Regulations and Anti-Kickback Statute - On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published...more

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Teva Pharma Charged with Antitrust Conspiracy in Generic Pharmaceuticals Industry

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Teva, the global pharmaceutical giant, was indicted last week as part of DOJ’s expanding criminal conspiracy investigation focused on illegal price-fixing and customer allocations....more

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Investigations Newsletter: 34 Individuals Charged in $258 Million Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Schemes

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34 Individuals Charged in $258 Million Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Schemes - Twenty-six individuals in the state of California, fourteen of whom were doctors or medical professionals, and eight individuals in Arizona and...more

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Recent Texas Prosecutions Reveal New Federal Enforcement Tools and Focus on Private Insurance

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Three cases recently wrapped up in the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas reveal an increased focus on health care fraud committed against private commercial third-party payors, as well as the tools that the Department...more

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K&L Gates Triage: 2018 Health Care Fraud Takedown

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its largest ever national health care fraud takedown, resulting in charges against 601 diverse defendants including...more

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