Medical Equipment Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Nutritional Supplies And “Arthritis Kits”

The owner and operator of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program. Noel Wayne Jhagroo, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Vanessa...

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...

32 Doctors And Health Care Executives Indicted on Charges Related to $16 Million in Alleged False Billing in Houston

32 people have been indicted for schemes to submit more than $16 million in false Medicare claims in the continuing operation of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Houston. The Strike Force in Houston is the fourth phase of a targeted criminal, civil...