Author name: Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, PLLC

A Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to billing Medicare for psychotherapy services that were never provided to residents of her adult day care center. Yolanda Matthews, 58, of Farmington Hills, admitted in court to submitting over $539,000 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare as part of a scheme that exploited vulnerable beneficiaries. According to […]

A Texas businessman, a Kentucky doctor, and a Kentucky woman have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid more than $4.8 million through a series of addiction treatment facilities. Michael Bregenzer, 53, of Houston, Texas, the CEO of Kentucky Addiction Centers, was sentenced to

Four Minnesota men have pleaded guilty to defrauding the state’s Medicaid program out of approximately $2.2 million through a scheme that targeted a housing assistance program for vulnerable individuals. Moktar Hassan Aden, 31, Mustafa Dayib Ali, 29, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, 26, and Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, 27, all of the Twin Cities area, operated out of

A former NFL player who owned a marketing company and was the beneficial owner of eight durable medical equipment companies was sentenced to 196 months in federal prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare and CHAMPVA of nearly $200 million. Joel Rufus French, 47, of Armory, Mississippi, was also ordered to pay $110,753,619

A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida has convicted an Oklahoma business owner and chiropractor for his role in a scheme that attempted to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA of more than $30 million. Mark Loftis, 39, of Cushing, Oklahoma, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud

A foreign national who had been on the run since 2022 has been arrested on criminal charges related to his alleged orchestration of a scheme to defraud Medicare of more than half a billion dollars through unnecessary genetic testing. Khalid Satary, 54, was charged by indictment in 2019 in the Eastern District of Louisiana as

A Maryland oncology practice and its owner have agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Progressive Oncology & Hematology, LLC, a practice in Frederick, Maryland, and its sole provider, Dr. Mouhamad Bazzi,

Florida-based NeoGenomics Laboratories Inc. has agreed to pay $9,813,260 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing below fair market value consulting services to health care providers in exchange for patient referrals. The settlement, announced by the Justice Department, resolves claims that the company engaged in improper financial arrangements that violated

A former central Ohio couple has been indicted on 12 felony charges for allegedly defrauding Ohio’s Medicaid program of approximately $9.3 million by billing for services that were never provided. Roberta Acheampong, 39, and her husband, Godfred Owusu-Sekyere, 46, formerly of Powell, were charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, telecommunications fraud, theft,

EyePoint, Inc., a Watertown, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $4,678,981 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying illegal kickbacks to ambulatory surgery centers. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, resolves claims that EyePoint engaged in a scheme