Clearwater Criminal Defense Law Blog

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 series of false claims to Medicare and other insurers starting in early 2005 and continuing for over a decade.Per investigators, the doctor sent claims to Medicare indicating that he carried out minor surgical procedures on a day following the patients' initial visit, despite the procedure and the visit occurring on the same day....

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 beneficiaries. Per investigators, the woman sought out and accepted kickbacks from patient recruiters and owners of other Miami-area health care providers in exchange for providing prescriptions for home health care services.Per her admissions as part of the plea deal, the prescriptions she wrote were used by the home health care...