A registered nurse has taken three different hospitals to court for False Claims Act violations. The woman is listed as a registered nurse in Texas dating back to 1990. She has also earned a law degree and served in high level management positions in various...
The Attorney General’s office announced charges against a local nurse for allegedly defrauding Medicaid of over $30,000. The office has also accused the woman of various tax crimes in New York in connection to these allegations. If convicted, the nurse could face up...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused a hospice facility executive of overdosing patients to hasten their death in an attempt to increase profits. The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas stated the exec faces a number of criminal...
New York enforcement officers arrested five doctors in March based on allegations of kickback violations and the illegal acceptance of bribes. The doctors maintained their innocence and pled not guilty before a federal court in Manhattan. The case originally involved...
The United States Attorney’s Office has accused a local physician of false cancer diagnosis of patients to “increase his income and fund his lavish lifestyle.” The agency has used this case as an example of its efforts to crackdown on cases of...
Physicians, nurses and other medical professionals are not the only ones that can face allegations of wrongdoing from a patient. In some cases, the patient may extend his or her case to include the medical facility. A medical facility out of Texas is currently in the...
A group of 88 Urgent Care centers throughout New York agreed to settle a claim with the government for over $6 million dollars. What were the accusations against the medical services provider? The government’s claim involved allegations the medical facility violated...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused three physicians in three different states of Stark Act violations. The violations are in connection to use of a drug testing lab in Pennsylvania.This is the second wave of accusations connected to the drug testing facility....
Authorities have accused a nurse of stealing narcotics and exposing patients to Hepatitis C. The allegations against the nurse are connected to two reports of Hepatitis C reported to the local health department. What triggered the public health department to...
The state recently charged a physician with murder in connection to a tragic abortion procedure. The state charged the New York doctor, who has conducted over 40,000 abortions, with a crime in connection to the procedure.What happened during the procedure? The...
