From the CBC news item: Last month, Eddie Soltani’s wife had an appointment with Dr. Michael Lai in downtown Toronto. Her husband picked her up and they were about to fill the prescription when Soltani says he discovered a list on the other side containing what he believes is personal information of Lai’s patients. … […]
U.K. — Trust me, I’m a fake doctor: how medical imposters thrive in the real world
From the Guardian news article: It couldn’t happen in real life, though, could it? It already has. Others with medical backgrounds have posed as fully fledged doctors before. Take Levon Mkhitarian who encountered 3,363 patients in two years, working across seven NHS trusts on oncology, cardiology, transplant and surgical wards as well as in A&E. Mkhitarian, originally […]
U.S. — S.A. pharmaceutical rep indicted in $9.5 million health care fraud case
From the San Antonio Express-News news article: …The use of compounded drugs by current and former servicemen and servicewomen has skyrocketed in the past decade, federal data show. In some cases, the Defense Department’s Tricare insurance and private insurers have faced bills of up to $30,000 for a month’s supply of the compounded cream, records […]
US — Owner of Home Health Agency Sentenced to 75 Years in Prison for Involvement in $13 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy
From the Department of Justice media release: According to the evidence presented at trial, from February 2006 through June 2015, Neba and others conspired to defraud Medicare by submitting over $10 million in false and fraudulent claims for home health services to Medicare through Fiango Home Healthcare Inc., owned by Neba and her husband, Ebong […]
U.S. –Podiatry Clinic Exposes Patients From Winnebago and Omaha Tribes To HIV, Hepatitis
From the Iowa Public Radio news item: At least 35 people at the podiatry clinic of the Indian Health Service hospital in Winnebago, Neb., have possibly been exposed to Hepatitis and HIV. An instrument at the IHS clinic, which is near Sioux City, may not have been properly sterilized between patients. IHS is an agency […]
US: The Second Week of August is National Report Health Care Fraud Week
From the PRWeb media release: By some estimates, as much as ten percent of all health care expenditures are lost due to fraud.* Because U.S. health care spending exceeds $3 trillion a year (which is nearly $10,000 per person)** as much as $300 billion in health care costs could be lost annually to fraud. Because […]
U.S. Justice Department sets sights on opioid-ravaged cities
From the news item: Sessions said the group of prosecutors he has dubbed the “opioid fraud and abuse detection unit” will rely on data in their efforts to root out pill mills and track down doctors and other health care providers who illegally prescribe or distribute narcotics such as fentanyl and other powerful painkillers. Such […]
Canada — Hospital denies defaming former director accused in kickback scheme
From the CBC News article: Marshall was one of two longtime Ottawa Hospital directors named in a statement of claim filed in January 2016 by the hospital, which alleged that they defrauded the institution in exchange for luxury vacations, free or inexpensive cars, and other family favours. Marshall responded to the allegations last week, claiming […]
U.S. — Connecticut Physicians Charged with Healthcare Fraud, Money Laundering
From the IndiaWestnews article: U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly July 26 announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment charging Dr. Bharat Patel with narcotics distribution, healthcare fraud and money laundering offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. Patel, 70, of Milford, Ct., […]
UK — Redhill woman faked identity and invented dependent children to defraud NHS
From the Surrey Mirror: …Eleanor Bonde, 57, of Carrington Close, was handed a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Guildford Crown Court on June 26 after pleading guilty to three counts of fraud. The total loss to the NHS was £88,804.00 – enough to pay four newly qualified nurses’ annual salaries. Read more […]
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