Category: ASC News

A home healthcare worker based in San Antonio was sentenced to 10 years of probation and fined $200,000 for her role in a healthcare kickback scheme. 

Two business owners have pleaded guilty to buying and selling fake physician orders used to obtain more than $1.5 million in fraudulent Medicare payments. 

Here are six cases centering on False Claims Act violations, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 2:

Marsha Haley, MD, clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest threats to physicians and the effect of hospital closures. 

Eighty-seven million patients in the U.S. have had confidential health information breached in 2023 so far, more than double that of last year, according to a report by Atlas VPN, an internet encryption company.

A former Optum employee will pay $13 million and serve two years of probation for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme. 

Johnson & Johnson MedTech plans to submit its Ottava robotic surgical system for an investigational device exemption application to the FDA in the second half of 2024 to begin clinical trials. 

Here are three lawsuits involving physicians evading or allegedly evading taxes that Becker’s has covered since Sept. 15:

A California clinic owner pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for submitting more than $1.5 million in false claims for sleep studies. 

New Orleans-based hospice facility owner Shiva Akula has been convicted in a $62 million healthcare fraud scheme.