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-Stimâ€� th... More...   $0 (01-07-2021 - TN)

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... More...   $0 (12-21-2020 - AL)

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... More...   $0 (12-16-2020 - TN)

Lexington, KY - Anti-kickback criminal defense lawyers represented several defendants were recently convicted or sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. On December 4 and December 7, 2020, Uday Shah, 66, of Houston, Texas, and Timothy Andrews, 57, of Deer Park, Texas, were charged for their roles in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks to a physician, Dr. ... More...   $0 (12-16-2020 - KY)

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 d... More...   $0 (12-15-2020 - OK)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Vancy Bridges, age 76, who was charged with misprison of a felony.

Bridges worked as a doctor and supervised nurse practitioners for in-home patients. Bridges was unaware that that a co-worker had been previously convicted of healthcare-related fraud and had no medical training. In July 2016, Bridges observed a patient list for patients a... More...   $0 (12-15-2020 - TX)

Salt Lake City, Utah False Claims Act lawyer represented defendant who improperly billed Medicare for the use of electro-acupuncture device. From November 3, 2018 through February 28, 2020, Dr. Wood and LHMC billed Medicare for an implantable neurostimulator device, a device that typically requires a surgical procedure and is performed by a surgeon in an operating room.

STIVAX® is a percu... More...   $0 (12-09-2020 - UT)

Nashville, Tennessee conspiracy to pay and received kickbacks criminal defense lawyer represented Vernona, Sanders, 54 of Meridian, Mississippi, and owner of FastScripts, LLC, was charged in August with conspiring with unnamed co-conspirators to solicit and receive kickbacks and defraud the Medicare Program of $3,381,434.

Sanders was the owner of a marketing company and a patient broker... More...   $0 (12-07-2020 - TN)

Tampa, Florida Qui tam lawyer represented plaintiff on a False Claims Act claim against Doctor's Choice Home Care, Inc. and former executives paying financial inducements to doctors for referrals.

Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. and its former executives, Timothy Beach and Stuart Christensen, have agreed to pay $5.15 million to resolve allegations that the home health agency provided impr... More...   $0 (12-01-2020 - FL)

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... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

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,... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

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... More...   $10000000 (11-22-2020 - PA)

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... More...   $0 (11-17-2020 - TN)

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... More...   $0 (11-13-2020 - DE)

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 ... More...   $0 (11-13-2020 - TN)

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... More...   $0 (11-05-2020 - TN)

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... More...   $0 (10-30-2020 - SD)

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... More...   $0 (10-24-2020 - VA)

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... More...   $0 (10-24-2020 - WV)

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. “... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

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... More...   $0 (10-13-2020 - TX)

Little Rock, Arkansas obstruction of justice criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with obstruction of justice.

Patient complaints and a surge in claims for durable medical equipment (DME) and compounded prescription drugs triggered investigations into telemedicine fraud targeting federal insurers, including TRICARE, CHAMPVA, and Medicare. This prompted federal inves... More...   $0 (10-07-2020 - AR)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin False Claims Act lawyer represented Advanced Pain Management, which was sued by the United States of America on a False Claims Act wrongfully paying kickbacks and and performing medically unnecessary laboratory tests.

Advanced Pain Management (“APM”) has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims asserting violations of the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and by p... More...   $1000000 (10-07-2020 - WI)

Plaintiffs Arash Alborzi, M.D., and Arash Alborzi, M.D.,
Inc. sued defendants University of Southern California, Keck
School of Medicine of USC, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
(collectively, USC); as well as Concord Hospitalist Group and
Elevate Health Group. Alborzi and his corporation were part of a
panel of on-call physicians at Verdugo Hills Hospital. Plaintiffs
alleged... More...   $0 (10-01-2020 - CA)