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First Lady Michelle Obama to Address Local Officials At National League of Cities’ Conference
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America, will address city leaders during the National League of Cities’ (NLC) 2011 Congressional City Conference on March 15th in Washington, DC. The conference sessions will focus on federal...
Texas Hospital Group Agrees to Pay $27.5m to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
A hospital group based in McAllen, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $27.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute between 1999 and 2006, by paying illegal compensation to...
N.Y. State And N.Y. City to Pay Record $540 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims for Medicaid Funds
In a record federal recovery, the state of New York and New York City have agreed to pay $540 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted, or caused to be submitted, false claims for reimbursement for school-based health care services,...
Endoscopic Technologies to Pay $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud
Endoscopic Technologies Inc. (Estech), a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $1.4 million to resolve civil claims in connection with the alleged promotion of its surgical ablation devices. Surgical ablation devices use focused...
N.J. Based MedQuist Pays $6.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Medical transcription service provider MedQuist Inc. has paid the United States $6.6 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it over billed federal government clients, the Justice Department has announced.
Miami Physician And Nurse Convicted of $11 Million HIV Infusion Medicare Fraud
Miami physician Ana Alvarez-Jacinto, 54, and nurse Sandra Mateos, 43, were found guilty by a Miami jury Friday for their roles in an $11 million HIV/AIDS infusion fraud scheme.
Miami Resident Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $3 Million in Fraudulent Proceeds
Miami resident Juan Carlos Castaneda, 47, has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to launder approximately $3.8 million in proceeds from several Medicare fraud schemes. Castaneda pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering...
Victory in California – Political Opinion
Gays and lesbians won a civil rights victory in California on Monday when the state’s Supreme Court ruled that a doctor could not refuse to treat a lesbian woman for infertility based on the doctor’s religious beliefs.
