Dec 07, 2015
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Biggest healthcare frauds in 2015: Running list
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Home health company owner led $450,000 kickback scheme, FBI says - Dec. 14
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Pharmacy owner sentenced over $20 million Medicare fraud, spent cash on Rolls Royce, Bentley - Dec. 11
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Nearly $2B recovered in healthcare False Claims Act cases in 2015, Justice Department says - Dec. 8
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Former hospital CFO, two surgeons, charged in $600 million healthcare billing fraud - Nov. 30
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Novartis to pay $370 million to settle claims it paid kickbacks for drug referrals - Nov. 25
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HCA paying $215 million to settle shareholder lawsuit over its initial public offering - Nov. 4
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Warner Chilcott to pay $125 million over kickback scheme, former drug company officials indicted - Oct. 30
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CEO Dike Ajiri pleads guilty to $1.9 million Medicare fraud, 'upcoded' claims - Oct. 27
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Millennium Health to pay $256 million over charges that it billed for unnecessary urine, genetic tests - Oct. 20
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Tuomey Healthcare System to pay $72.4 million to settle judgement over referral scheme - Oct. 19
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Advocate South Suburban Hospital to pay $10.4 million over patient disfigurement - Oct. 19
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Guardian Hospice to pay $3 million to settle Medicare fraud allegations - Oct. 5
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Army surgeon sentenced 3 years for accepting pay from medical device firms in $7.3 million fraud - Sept. 28
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Adventist Health System to pay $115 million to settle suit over false claims - Sept. 22
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Surgeon charged with $150 million insurance fraud - Sept. 16
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Georgia's Columbus Regional Hospital System to pay $25 million - Sept. 10
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Florida group convicted of fraud - August 28
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Medical director at Brooklyn center sentenced for $13M fraud - August 17
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Clinical director at nursing agency guilty of fraud - August 6
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Hospice owner to pay back $2.5M - July 31
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Home health director to pay $14.1M restitution - July 27
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Oncologist gets 45 years for $34M fraud scheme
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6 Houston men charged with healthcare fraud - July 10
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Home health director settles for $1.1M - July 9
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Tuomey Healthcare System to pay $237 - July 7
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DaVita Healthcare to settle for $450M - June 25
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243 healthcare professionals tagged in fraud sweep - June 18
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Nursing facility settles over fraudulent referrals - June 18
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Father/son duo to repay $53M - June 12
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PT provider to pay back $2.5M - June 3
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Neurosurgeon defrauds over $11M - May 26
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PharMerica to pay $31.5M - May 15
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Defunct company CEO owes $8M over billing scheme - May 6
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Kidney care company readies for reimbursement - May 5
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Former CFO pays $4.5M over EHR fraud - April 30
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Georgia medical center settles with DOJ - April 28
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Feds allege skilled nursing chain submitted false claims - April 23
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Birmingham CFO pleads guilty - April 16
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Hep. C doc guilty in fraud - April 3
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9 doctors indicted for fraud - April 1
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Clinic owner guilty in kickback case - March 18
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Most wanted fraudster sentenced - March 16
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Home health company tied to major fraud - March 13
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18 charged in $125M insurance fraud - March 12
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Doctors guilty in $100M bribery scheme - March 12
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Nursing chain settles fraud claim - March 9
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Cosmetic surgery fraudsters guilty - March 6
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Former hospice COO charged with fraud - March 2
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Therapy fraud gets 2 fraudsters 6 years - Feb. 27
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Alleged fraudster faked Cerner ties - Feb. 24
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Unnecessary physical therapy fraud is broken up - Feb. 17
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Home health company owner admits fraud - Feb. 16
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AstraZeneca settles kickback case - Feb. 13
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Supply company head sentenced for fraud - Feb. 9
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Former CEO charged with fraud - Feb. 6
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CHS paying $75M in whistleblower case - Feb. 2
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Nation’s Best home health agency busted - Jan. 12
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Mental clinic owners sent to jail - Jan. 12
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Billing fraud at home health company - Jan. 9