Apr 14, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On April 4, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that it had filed a lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act against Vohra Wound Physicians Management and its founder, Dr. Ameet Vohra. According to the DOJ, Dr. Vohra and his company allegedly submitted false...
Apr 2, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo filed by a group of former employees who accused the bank of violating its fiduciary responsibilities by allowing its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Express Scripts, to overcharge for prescription...
Mar 30, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the “freedom from excessive fines.” In 2018, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg held that this safeguard is “fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty.” Timbs v. Indiana. And yet, it is not...
Mar 28, 2025 | Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that a federal jury recently convicted Dr. José Alzadon of Paintsville, Kentucky; Michael Bregenzer of Richmond, Texas; and Barbie Vanhoose of West Van Lear, Kentucky, for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid...
Mar 12, 2025 | DOJ, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On March 10, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two owners of a Florida-based clinical research facility pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with asthma drug trials. According to the DOJ, Angela...
Mar 11, 2025 | Cyber Law, Data Breach, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, HIPAA
In the past week, authorities were alerted to four separate data breaches affecting more than 560,000 individuals across various healthcare organizations. The breaches were disclosed by Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Gastroenterology Associates of Central Florida,...
