A  physician is among a dozen doctors, pharmacy owners and marketing pros accused of a kickback scheme that government prosecutors say involved a sham medical study used to get up to $102 million from the publicly-funded federal health program for military family members. Walter Neil Simmons, 47, of Gilbert, an emergency medicine doctor...

Two radiologists have filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit accusing Bozemen Health Deaconess Hospital of illegally conspiring to maintain its monopoly on radiology services, leading to fraudulent bills being submitted to Medicare and Medicaid. Frank Rembert and Michael Page allege that Intercity Radiology "î which contracted with the hospital in 2002 wanted to open an...

HHS' Office of Inspector General said Tuesday that the massive post-acute care provider failed to correct improper billing practices during the fourth year of its five-year corporate integrity agreement, stemming from a prior $25 million False Claims Act settlement with Gentiva Healthcare. Kindred acquired Gentiva in a $1.8 billion deal.According to OIG,...