Dr. Patrick Ifediba, 60, and his sister, Ngozi Ozuligbo, were convicted for health care fraud, unlawful drug distribution, and money laundering revolving around a massive scheme that garnered nearly $8 million in fraudulent funds.
According to the Department of Justice, Ifediba was operating as a doctor of internal medicine...
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Category: Healthcare Fraud
People With Diabetes Continue to Die After Skyrocketing Insulin Prices Forces Many to Ration doses
Jesimya David Scherer-Radcliffe, 21, passed away just a month after the loss of his health insurance forced him to begin rationing insulin to treat his diabetes. However, Scherer-Radcliff’s death is not the only of its kind, with insulin prices doubling from 2012 to 2016 causing many individuals to ration the drug.
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Three Marketers Plead Guilty to Violating Federal Anti-Kickback Statutes After Recruiting Physicians to Write Unnecessary Prescriptions
Daniel Ferguson, John Frohrip, and Kevin Partin, pleaded guilty to violating federal anti-kickback statutes following allegations that they paid illegal kickbacks and recruited doctors to write prescriptions for expensive drugs as part of their health care fraud scheme.
According to the Department of Justice, the defendants recruited physicians to...
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“Goodie Bag” Doctor Charged in $3.2 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme Involving Distribution of Oxycodone
Andrew M. Berkowitz, M.D., is facing an indictment of 19 counts of healthcare fraud and 23 counts of distributing oxycodone outside of medical treatment following allegations that he provided each of his patients with a “goodie bag” of prescription drugs after each visit, despite their individual ailments. It is also alleged that...
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Middlesex Rheumatology Physician Admits To Medicaid Fraud By Submitting False Claims Regarding Remicade Drug Use
Crispin Abarientos, M.D., of Middletown, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud in Hartford federal court. According to court statements, Abarientos was a physician that operated out of Middlesex Rheumatology and submitted false claims to Medicaid regarding the use of the drug Remicade on behalf of his patients.
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Acadia Healthcare Agrees to $17 Million Settlement Regarding Fraudulent Medicaid Claims
Following allegations of fraudulent Medicaid claims, Acadia Healthcare has agreed to pay a $17 million settlement, according to a recent press release by the Department of Justice.
CRC Health operates its subsidiary, Acadia Healthcare, located in Tennessee with treatment centers in West Virginia. The treatment centers are certified to...
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Oklahoma Heart Hospital Pays $2.8 Million Settlement for Fraudulent Medicaid Billing Practices
A whistleblower in Oklahoma, Jennifferr Baird, filed a complaint against the hospital she worked at as a registered nurse for fraudulent Medicaid billing practices. Following the filing, Oklahoma Heart Hospital agreed to settle the allegations with a $2.8 million fee.
Baird was in charge of a team of seven...
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Licensed Pharmacist indicted for fraudulent billing of antipsychotic medication clozapine and sedative alprazolam to people who had already died. Costs to Medicare, Medicaid Millions
Nabil Fakih, a licensed pharmacist, Michigan Board of Pharmacy member, and owner of a Dearborn Heights drug store, was charged with healthcare and wire fraud and indicted by a grand jury. The Indictment accused Fakih of wrongfully taking millions of United States dollars from Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS),...
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Drug companies pay $122 million to settle case charging kickbacks including bribery to patients under the guise of charitable organizations on co-pays
Jazz Pharma, Alexion, and Lundbeck were the subject of SOJ lawsuits asserting kickbacks and committing general violations of Medicare laws. The United States Department of Justice has decided to agree to a settlement of $122.6 million in total from these three alleged Medicare violators.
The drug companies were accused of...
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Predictions of Medicare Part A Running Out of Funds By 2026 Leaves SNFs in The Red By 2040
Full coverage of Medicare Part A benefits is said to be at risk within seven years as funding begins to run out. This could potentially lead to long-term effects that will be devastating to a large number of nursing homes and those who operate them, as well as the healthcare system as...
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