Cleveland, Ohio Controlled Substance Act Violation lawyer represented Shaffer Pharmacy, Thomas Tadsen and Wilson Bunton who were alleged to have improperly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances.

The government alleged that Shaffer Pharmacy, its pharmacist owner Thomas Tadsen, and pharmacist Wilson Bunton repeatedly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances in violation

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense health care fraud lawyer represented Dr. Michael Don Robertson, age 68, a former Anchorage psychiatrist, was charged with conspiracy to commit controlled substance fraud and one count of health care fraud. Robertson knowingly and intentionally distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical pur

Nashville, Tennessee false claims action lawyers represented James P. Anderson, M.D., Affiliated Neurologists, PLC; Charles F. Spencer, D.C., Total Family Physicians Center PLLC d/b/a Total Family Health & Wellness; and Mitchell P. Shea, D.C., Chiro2Med of Tennessee P.C. who were accused of improper billing for electro-acupuncture using a peri-auricular stimulation device known as “P-Stim� th

Tallahassee, Florida Criminal Defense Health Care Fraud Lawyer

Dr. Moses deGraft-Johnson, a dual citizen of the United States and Ghana, was charged with committing health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

Over the course of almost four years, beginning in late 2015 or early 2016 until his arrest in February 2020, deGraft-Johnson

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense drug lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawfully distributing opioids and other controlled substances while the doctor was absent from the clinic.

Elizabeth Korcz, M.D., 47, a licensed physician, and Matthew Korcz, 47, her husband and former practice manager, both of Hoover, Alabama, were charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute co

Abingdon, Virginia providing false information criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Timothy Baxter, who was charged with a one-count misdemeanor Information related to Indivior’s false and misleading representations to the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) regarding Suboxone, a drug approved for recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce withdrawal symptoms.

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Memphis, TN - Conspiracy to distribute drugs criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kathryn Nikole Russell, 41, of Memphis, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances. The defendant was charged in an April 2019 indictment as part of the first Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Takedown. https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/us-atto

Houston, Texas Teresita Lumanas Alquero and Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice knowingly and willfully committed health care fraud by paying improper kickbacks for referrals of Medicare patients to her businesses.

Teresita Lumanas Alquero owned both entities at the time of the alleged violations but has since sold them.

�We cannot tolerate kickbacks, especially those

In this interlocutory appeal of a preliminary injunction, the dispositive issue is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23) gives Medicaid patients a right to challenge, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a State’s determination that a health care provider is not “qualified” within the meaning of § 1396a(a)(23). Our decision rests primarily on two independent bases: (1) the Supreme Court’s decision in O’Bannon v. To

Beaumont, Texas health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Grigoriy T. Rodonaia, age 43, who was charged with 12 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false statement, and two counts of accepting kickbacks.

Rodonaia, a physician practicing in Beaumont with Rodonaia Family Medicine and Aesthetics, was indicted on March 18,

Abingdon, Virginia white collar criminal defense lawyers represented making false statement regarding the marketing of the opioid-addiction-treatment drug Suboxone.

Indivior agreed to $600 million to resolve its civil and criminal liability. Altogether, the investigation and prosecution of Indivior Solutions and its parent companies, Indivior Inc. and Indivior plc, and two former Indivio

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania qui tam lawyer represented plaintiff who sued Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (“MDBS”) for violating the False Claims Act.

Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (“MDBS”) agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that Therakos, Inc., a former J&J sub

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Medicaid fraud.

Heidi Robertson, 35, was employed as the primary insurance biller at a Birmingham-area psychology clinic that billed the Medicaid Agency for counseling services that were never provided.

An investigation was initiated by the Program Integrity Division of the Alabama Medicaid Agency afte

Nashville, Tennessee drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Dr. Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D., who was charged with unlawfully distributing controlled substances.

Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D., 51, was sentenced after pleading guilty in November 2019 to one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances.

Valdez admitted that in February 2017 he knowingly d

Wilmington, Delaware false claims act lawyer represented Eranga Cardiology, P.A. and Dr. Eranga Haththotuwa who were accused with committing health care fraud arising under the False Claims Act. Eranga Cardiology is a cardiology practice with locations in Milford and Dover.

From April 2014 to March 2020, the practice submitted claims for reimbursement to Medicare and Medicaid that requi

Nashville, Tennessee drug distribution lawyer represented defendant doctor charged with unlawfully distributing controlled substances.

Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D., 51, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, was charged in November 2019 to one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances.

Pursuant to his guilty plea, Valdez admitted that in February 2017 he knowingly distributed

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing opioids.

Richard Farmer, 83, of Memphis, Tennessee, was with three counts of distribution of controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.

The defendant was charged in an April 2019 indictment as part of the first Appalachian Regi

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Memorial Health Services, a Fountain Valley-based non-profit health care organization was accused with overbilled Medicaid for prescription medication purchased and reimbursed under a federal drug pricing program.

Memorial agreed to pay $31.5 million to settle the claims made aga

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Qui Tam False Claims Act violation lawyer represented Medtronic.

“Kickbacks undermine the integrity of federal healthcare programs and increase costs borne by taxpayers,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division. “This case demonstrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to ensure that medical

Alexandria, Virginia health care fraud conspiracy criminal defense lawyer represented Onkur Lal, who was charged by the United States of America with conspiracy to commit health care fraud that resulted in losses of over $3.5 million.

According to court documents, Onkur Lal, 29, worked in various roles at MedEx Pharmacy, MedEx Health Pharmacy, and Royal Care Pharmacy, which were all owned

Charleston, West Virginia health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Edward Stephen, age 61, who was charged by the United States of America with health care fraud.

“When federal workforce programs are defrauded, it comes at great cost to taxpayers,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “I appreciate the work of the U.S. Department of Transportation OIG and Office of Perso

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “

Houston, Texas fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Rezik Saqer with health care fraud.

Rezik Saqer, 66, of Houston, Texas, was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Defendant, an area physician and anesthesiologist at two registered pain clinics, Texas Pain Solutions and Integra Medical Clinic, accused of fraudulently billing health care programs for at least $5 mill