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Federal Indictments & Law Enforcement Actions in One of the Largest Health Care Fraud Schemes Involving Telemedicine and Durable Medical Equipment Marketing Executives Results ...

One of the largest health care fraud schemes investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and prosecuted by the Department of ...
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C.R. Bard, Inc. and Affiliates Pay $17 Million to Resolve Allegations of Healthcare Kickbacks

ATLANTA – C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”) and its affiliates, Liberator Medical Supply, Inc., Liberator Holdings and Rochester Medical Corporation (collectively the “Liberator Defendants”), have agreed to ...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Launder Money in Connection with $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Greensboro, NC – Chaudhry Shabbir Ahmed pled guilty on Monday, February 3, 2025, to conspiring to launder over $3 million in connection with a $100 million dollar health care fraud scheme, announced ...
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Two Home Health Providers Agree to Pay $702,541 to Resolve Self-Referral Allegations

MIAMI – Medical Services of America, Inc. and Traditional Home Care, Inc., doing business as Community Home Health Services, have agreed to pay $702,541.20 to resolve allegations that they violated ...
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. (Dana-Farber) has agreed to pay $15,000,000 to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, it violated the False Claims Act by making materially false statements ...
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Two Health Care Executives Convicted for Exploiting Elderly Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries in $34 Million Fraud Scheme

MIAMI – A Miami federal jury convicted two healthcare executives on Dec. 22, 2025 for their roles in a scheme that resulted in the submission of approximately $34 million in false and fraudulent ...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $60 Million Civil Fraud Settlement With Accredo Health Group Over Kickback Scheme Involving Prescription Drug

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") ...
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2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General joined federal law enforcement partners to announce the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in charges ...
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Johnson & Johnson to Pay More Than $2.2 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations Allegations Include Off-label Marketing and Kickbacks to Doctors and Pharmacists

WASHINGTON - Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the ...
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Merakey Allos Agreed to Pay $196,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Excluded Individual

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Merakey Allos, Delaware, agreed to pay $196,441.34 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that Merakey Allos employed an ...
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Fraud Alert: Scammers Steal Money From the Public Through Fake HHS Websites and Social Media Schemes

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) is alerting the public to a fraud scheme that uses social media and fake websites to steal money from ...
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Medicare Payments for Evaluation and Management Services Provided on the Same Day as Eye Injections Were at Risk for Noncompliance With Medicare Requirements

For June 2022 through May 2023 (audit period), Medicare paid $313 million for 3.3 million injections of drugs into the eye (i.e., intravitreal injections). Medicare also paid $124 million for 1.4 ...