July 13, 2020

San Diego Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Against TRICARE

SAN DIEGO - Dr. Marco Antonio Chavez was sentenced to 21 months in custody and ordered to pay restitution of $783,764.37 for defrauding TRICARE, the health care benefits program for military service members and their dependents.

July 10, 2020

Compounding Pharmacy Mogul Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

A Mississippi businessman pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving U.S. military, veterans, and their respective family members, as well as private health care benefit programs, by paying kickbacks to practitioners and distributors for the prescribing and referring of fraudulent prescriptions for not medically necessary compounded medications that were ultimately dispensed by his pharmacies, as well as for his role in a scheme to launder the proceeds of the fraud scheme.

July 10, 2020

Universal Health Services, Inc. and related entities to pay $122 million to settle False Claims Act allegations relating to medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services and illegal kickbacks

ATLANTA - Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS of Delaware, Inc.(together, UHS), and Turning Point Care Center, LLC (Turning Point), a UHS facility located in Moultrie, Georgia, have agreed to pay a combined total of $122 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services, failing to provide adequate and appropriate services, and paying illegal inducements to federal healthcare beneficiaries, the Department of Justice announced today. UHS owns and provides management and administrative services to nearly 200 acute care inpatient psychiatric hospitals and residential psychiatric and behavioral treatment facilities nationwide. UHS is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

July 10, 2020

Former Department of Defense Contracting Officer and Maryland Woman Charged with Defrauding Government

BOSTON – An Uxbridge man and Maryland woman were charged with conspiring to defraud the government of thousands of dollars from 2014 to 2018. Thomas Bouchard, 57, of Uxbridge, Mass., was arrested yesterday, and Chantelle Boyd, 50, of Woodsboro, Md., was arrested on Monday, July 6, 2020, and charged with one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of theft of government funds. Boyd was also charged with false declarations before the grand jury.

July 9, 2020

Four Men Indicted for Their Roles in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. -A federal grand jury today indicted four men for their roles in a massive compounded medication fraud and kickback scheme they ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

July 9, 2020

San Diego, California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for His Role in Million Dollar Scheme Targeting Thousands of U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans

In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Trorice Crawford of San Diego, California, to 46 months in federal prison for his role in an identity-theft and fraud scheme that victimized thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Director Gustav Eyler of the Department of Justice's Consumer Protection Branch.

July 9, 2020

Former CEO of Tennessee Pain Management Company Sentenced for Role in Approximately $4 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme

A Tennessee healthcare executive was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release today for his role in an approximately $4 million kickback scheme.

July 8, 2020

Hattiesburg Nurse Sentenced to Prison for Mail Fraud in Connection with Compounding Pharmacy Scheme

Hattiesburg, Miss. - Fallon Deneem Page, 37, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keitih Starrett to serve 18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for mail fraud in connection with a widespread compounding pharmacy scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") in Mississippi, and Special Agent in Charge Cyndy Bruce of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service's ("DCIS") Southeast Field Office. Page was also ordered to pay a monetary judgment of $9,500.

July 8, 2020

Hope Hospice Agrees To Pay $3.2 Million To Settle False Claims Act Liability

Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Hope Hospice has agreed to pay the United States $3.2 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for hospice care provided to beneficiaries who did not qualify for the service. Founded in 1979, Hope Hospice is a subsidiary of Hope Healthcare. Hope Healthcare is a not-forprofit organization that provides a variety of programs for the elderly in Lee, Hendry, and Glades Counties, including hospice and palliative care services.

July 8, 2020

Oklahoma City Hospital, Management Company, and Physician Group to Pay $72.3 Million to Settle Federal and State False Claims Act Allegations Arising from Improper Payments to Referring Physicians

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic and Multi-Specialty Surgery (OCOM), a specialty hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, its part-owner and management company, USP OKC, Inc. and USP OKC Manager, Inc. (collectively USP), Southwest Orthopaedic Specialists, PLLC (SOS), an Oklahoma Citybased physician group, and two SOS physicians, will pay $72.3 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act and the Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act of improper relationships between OCOM and SOS, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid and TRI CARE programs, the Justice Department announced today.