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The United States' biggest operator of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) agreed to pay $48 million last week to settle allegations by the Federal government that some of the facilities it operated gave false information to Medicare in order to remain listed...
A Texas woman will spend over 15 years in Federal prison after pleading guilty to her alleged involvement in a scheme to pay kickbacks to both doctors and Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for agreeing to bill for medically unnecessary home health care services.The...
A Baton Rouge doctor will spend over three years in Federal custody after being convicted for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare.Federal officials say the 66-year-old doctor, who was once part owner of a pain management clinic, submitted a...
A Miami woman was sentenced to 91 months in Federal prison last week after pleading guilty to involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $2.5 million.The 54-year-old woman formerly owned a clinic in Miami that offered home health care services to Medicare...
A licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana pled guilty last week to his involvement in an attempt at defrauding Medicaid of over $1.8 million in false claims. Per investigators, the 66-year-old supervisory-level licensed clinical social worker was one of several...
Though Pinellas County prosecutors sought only two years in prison for a husband-and-wife duo accused of fraud, a Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge had other ideas after a series of victims related their experiences to the court.Last Friday the couple, a 32-year-old man...
There are a wide range of state white collar crime charges here in Florida. One example is the charge of forgery.What constitutes the crime of forgery in Florida? It is the false making, altering, counterfeiting or forging of certain documents with the intent to cause...
