Some stories never die. Here we are a decade later still talking about “Crooked Teeth” and the outcome of all those stories that ran on WFAA alleging hundreds of millions of dollars of Medicaid fraud committed by Texas orthodontists and dentists. … Read More
A man and his “marketing company” have been named in a five-count federal indictment for a scheme that paid workers to solicit elderly residents for information used to fraudulently bill government medical programs. Patrick Siado, of Texas, and his company, … Read More
A South Texas doctor has been indicted on charges that he prescribed opioid painkillers to two patients without legitimate medical reasons, resulting in their deaths. A federal grand jury in Del Rio added the charges last week against Alfonso Luevano, … Read More
Two Valley defendants have been sentenced in a health care fraud scheme that bilked Medicaid out of more than $850,000. A McAllen federal judge sent Everado Villareal to prison for 3 years and 4 months, while sentencing Delilah Rae Robles … Read More
AstraZeneca was accused of engaging in false and misleading marketing schemes at a time when the company was under the strict obligations of a 2010 federal “corporate integrity agreement” resulting from prior allegations of Medicaid fraud, a press release states. … Read More
A Brownsville-area speech pathologist won’t have to go to prison, but has been ordered to pay almost a half-million dollars in restitution stemming from a scheme to defraud Texas Medicaid. The punishment against 67-year-old Georgia Phillips was handed down Tuesday, … Read More
Law360 (May 30, 2018, 8:08 PM EDT) — Texas has reached settlements totaling $15.2 million with six individuals and four companies involved in physical therapy that were accused of making false statements and conspiring to obtain unauthorized Medicaid benefits, the … Read More
Federal officials accused David Williams of Fort Worth of fraudulently billing health insurance companies more than $25 million and billing those companies for medical services while impersonating a certified health care provider. Read more at star-telegram.com
April 03, 2018 – Medicaid fraud control units (MFCUs) recovered $1.8 billion in 2017 through effective collaboration with state governments, according a new report released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). MFCUs recovered $6.52 for every dollar spent … Read More
An alleged $100 million fraud lawsuit over gift cards given to people to urinate in cups at Whataburger bathrooms is heating up in federal court, with each side accusing the other of going too far. Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare alleges that … Read More
The FBI arrested a Texas man last week for allegedly scheming to bilk insurance companies for more than $25 million by posing as a physician. According to the Department of Justice, David Williams, 54, ran the scam between November of … Read More
HOUSTON, Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Joel M. Androphy and Janis Gorton of the Berg & Androphy law firm, along with the United States and the State of Texas, have reached a $5 million settlement in False Claims Act litigation … Read More
MCALLEN (KFXV) — In federal court, five others were charged for a health care fraud scheme they orchestrated. According to court documents, 41-year-old, Maria Teresa Paz Garza received a 144-month sentence for committing health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft … Read More
Gov. Abbott’s Health and Human Services Commission Strike Force, besides reviewing the Medicaid fraud software contract with 21CT and Jack Stick, looked at the Health and Human Services Commission dealings with Xerox and its contract dealing with the company’s handling of Medicaid … Read More
