May 3, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ just announced that Donald Woo Lee, a former internal medicine doctor from Temecula, California, was sentenced to 93 months in prison for defrauding Medicare. In June of 2016, Lee was charged with seven counts of health care fraud and one count of adulteration...
May 3, 2022 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
On February 24, 2022, ARcare experienced a data security incident, according to ARcare’s Notice of Data Privacy Incident. ARcare is a healthcare provider with locations in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi. ARcare provides numerous services, such as primary care,...
Apr 27, 2022 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care
In May of 2021, the Department of Justice established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to investigate claims of fraud against COVID-19 relief programs. In March of 2022, the Department announced the appointment of Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin...
Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice announced that Dr. Vinay Malviya, a Michigan gynecologic oncologist, agreed to pay $775,000 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. Specifically, it was alleged that Dr. Malviya performed radical and modified radical...
Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act
On April 13, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that it had reached a settlement with Paul D. Weir, John R. Morgan, M.D., Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), and over a dozen anesthesia companies that Care Plus...
Apr 12, 2022 | Government Investigations
Since the CARES Act was enacted, Chilivis Grubman has reported on government efforts to curtail fraud related to COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act. Between 2020 and the early parts of 2021, the government frequently reported on its investigations...
