West Michigan Urogynecologist Sentenced To Prison For Healthcare Fraud And Adulteration Of Medical Devices

West Michigan Urogynecologist Sentenced To Prison For Healthcare Fraud And Adulteration Of Medical Devices GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Janet [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:36:56+00:00November 10th, 2020|

ER Physicians Accuse UnitedHealth of Illegally Underpaying Claims

ER physicians accuse UnitedHealth of illegally underpaying claims Several emergency room physician practices in New York have filed a federal lawsuit alleging UnitedHealth Group and MultiPlan conspired to underpay out-of-network [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:36:32+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Memphis Physicians Agree To Pay More Than $340,000 for Alleged Overbilling

Memphis Physicians Agree To Pay More Than $340,000 for Alleged Overbilling Doctor Shoaib Qureshi, Doctor Imran Mirza, Memphis Primary Care Specialists, Lunceford Family Health Center, and Getwell Family Medicine agreed [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:36:09+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/ambulance-provider-agrees-settle-false-claims-act-allegations An ambulance transportation company that operates throughout Virginia has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transports, in violation [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:35:36+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Lexington Foot and Ankle Center Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Resolve Allegations of Violations of the False Claims Act

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/lexington-foot-and-ankle-center-agrees-pay-750000-resolve-allegations-violations-false Lexington-based podiatry practice Lexington Foot and Ankle Center, PSC (“Lexington Foot & Ankle”) and Dr. Michael Allen have agreed to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:35:09+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Premier Medical Associates Agree To Pay $750,000 To Resolve Claims Of False Billing

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/premier-medical-associates-agree-pay-750000-resolve-claims-false-billing Premier Medical Associates Agree To Pay $750,000 To Resolve Claims Of False Billing Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Premier Medical Associates (PMA), [...]

By |2020-11-10T17:34:19+00:00November 10th, 2020|

Turn The Cessation of Elective Surgeries Into an Opportunity to Educate

Under normal circumstances, the biggest difficulty practices encounter when trying to engage in physician education is timing.  Coordinating everyone’s schedules, pulling providers out of the operative and visiting rooms, and [...]

By |2020-05-28T18:28:41+00:00May 21st, 2020|