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Health-Care Fraud: Keep an Eye on the Small Fry - Mar 11, 2008
Wall Street JournalThe group ran though the health-fraud hit parade: off-label marketing, assessing the value of a case and how a company, once cornered,
Beware of fraud, warn police - Mar 19, 2008
Sudbury Star,The OPP Anti-Rackets Section, Health Fraud Investigation Unit, is stressing the importance of protecting identity documents, particularly Ontario Health
Doctor seeks dismissal of health fraud case Defense says ... - Mar 13, 2008
Scranton Times-Tribune,BY ERIN L. NISSLEY A federal judge will decide whether health care fraud and related charges should be dismissed against a Carbondale doctor accused of
Competition Bureau targets online health fraud - Mar 12, 2008
Canoe.ca,The Competition Bureau’s new enforcement initiative, called Project False Hope, targets cancer-related health fraud on the Internet by raising public
Project False Hope Unveiled -- Competition Bureau Combats Cancer ... - Mar 12, 2008
Industry Canada (press release),The Health Fraud Awareness Quiz tests your knowledge of scammers' tactics and teaches you how to avoid falling victim. In addition to providing consumers
World Bank, India announce action against health project fraud - Mar 13, 2008
Xinhua,WASHINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank and the Indian government Thursday announced joint actions in response to clear indicators of fraud and
Competition Bureau cracks down on online health scams - Mar 12, 2008
CBC News,Canada's Competition Bureau is targeting cancer-related online health fraud with Wednesday's launch of the Project False Hope initiative.
Software Helps Insurers Profit from Denials - Mar 21, 2008
Miller-McCune.com,New York's attorney general investigates possible fraud in an industry built on denying care, and two US representatives want Medicare to have no part in it
Beware of websites promising cancer cures, watchdog warns - Mar 12, 2008
Canada.com,...help cure cancer have been forced to change their wording or shut down following a sweep targeting online health fraud by Canada's competition bureau.
Protect your identity, police advise - Mar 14, 2008
Sudbury Star,As part of Fraud Prevention Month, the Health Fraud Investigation Unit of the OPP Anti-Rackets Section is stressing the importance for Ontarians to protect
World Bank probes health projects, says it will tweak review procedure - Mar 14, 2008
Livemint,The World Bank has started investigations into nine health projects the international aid agency sponsors in the country and said this could lead to barring
Cuomo Expands Health Insurance Fraud Probe - Mar 6, 2008
WNBC,ALBANY, NY -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is issuing new subpoenas to Aetna, Cigna, United HealthGroup and WellPoint Inc., broadening an
Lomita nurse pleads guilty to Medicare fraud - Mar 5, 2008
Daily Breeze,By Ciaran McEvoy, City News Service A registered nurse pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping bilk Medicare out of about $9.6 million through billing fraud by a
Competition Bureau Launches Fifth Annual Fraud Prevention Month - Mar 11, 2008
Gifts and Tablewares,In Canada, Fraud Prevention Month will highlight issues including fraud targeting youth, health fraud and fraud targeting small business.
Buckingham returns to court on fraud charge - Mar 4, 2008
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador,A St. John's doctor convicted on sexual assault and drug charges was back in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Tuesday, this time facing charges of
Kimkins Diet Rolls On Despite Founder's Excess Poundage - Feb 24, 2008
Consumer AffairsI think I lost count at 35 false testimonials and false weight loss stories," said John E. Tiedt, an attorney and a member of the California Health Fraud
ARCHIVE -- NOVEMBER 2002 (I) - Feb 23, 2008
Overlawyered,...saying it was being discriminatory by maintaining a commission on women's issues but not one for men's) and the National Council Against Health Fraud
Attachment disorder treatments wrapped in controversy - Mar 3, 2008
Colorado Springs Gazette,...adult control over the child,� said Rosa, who attended the Candace Newmaker trial as part of her work for the National Council Against Health Fraud.
OPP Charges Former Canadian Forces Medical Officer with Practicing ... - 20 Feb 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),20 /CNW/ - OPP Anti-Rackets Section, Health Fraud Investigation Unit has charged Zak Alaistair Bayfield, age 31, of Petawawa, Ontario, with five counts of
Don't Get Cheated by Health Fraud - Feb 15, 2008
TamilStar.com,This is health fraud. Be suspicious of ads that claim to cure a range of diseases. No product can treat every disease. Diseases like Alzheimer's, cancer,
Merck settlement one of largest ever in health fraud - Feb 8, 2008
Denver Post,By AP TRENTON, NJ — In one of the biggest US health-care-fraud settlements ever, Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged the
Ex-con held in health fraud case - Feb 7, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News,By Jason Kandel, Staff Writer GLENDALE - An ex-con who was wanted by the FBI in a federal health-care fraud case has been arrested, police said Wednesday.
Former Macomb County woman charged in health fraud case - Jan 29, 2008
DetNews.com,MOUNT CLEMENS -- A former Macomb County woman turned herself in to local authorities today to face charges that she illegally racked up more than $200000 in
Health boss jailed for fraud »» - Jan 23, 2008
The Independent Online,Sgt. Scott James said the OPP’s dedicated health fraud team was having increasing success in preventing abuse. “We have been successful in taking the
Doctor sentenced to probation in health fraud case - Jan 24, 2008
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer,AP -- A doctor accused of treating patients with a chemical used in pesticides was sentenced to five years probation Thursday for health care fraud.
Identity Theft Steals Millions from Government Health Programs - Feb 8, 2008
Government Technology,A trend embraced by white-collar criminals is driving up health-care costs and creating nightmares for its victims. Medical identity theft is health-care
Ex-union secretary-treasurer gets conditional sentence for fraud - Feb 6, 2008
St. Catharines Standard,The former secretary-treasurer of a local union found himself going down a slippery slope because of “sloppy� accounting practices, his lawyer said
Merck to pay $650 million to settle Medicaid overcharges case - Feb 8, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,...by Robert Cohen / Star-Ledger Staff Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. will pay more than $650 million to settle allegations that it overcharged Medicaid for
NHS crack down on patient fraud - Jan 22, 2008
Sleaford Standard,By John Lavery HEALTH chiefs in the county are to crack down on patients who defraud the NHS by wrongly claiming entitlement to help or exemption from
S. Florida man charged with Medicare fraud - Jan 24, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,BY ERIKA BERAS Alexis Dagnesses, 43, a registered nurse, was arrested at his house and charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud.
IdentityTruth Reaches Out to Thousands of Consumers Impacted by ... - Jan 29, 2008
Centre Daily Times,WALTHAM, Mass. — IdentityTruth, the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their Privacy and Identity, today announced a
IdentityTruth Reaches Out to Thousands of Consumers Impacted by - Jan 29, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),IdentityTruth, the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their Privacy and Identity, today announced a one-month special
The Debunko Sqaud - Feb 17, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,He says the National Council Against Health Fraud has asked the State Medical Board of Ohio to investigate Wulsin on the charges.
MIAMI JURY CONVICTS OWNER OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD - Dec 26, 2007
Media Newswire (press release),After a four-day trial in Miami, the federal jury found Eulalia Gonzalez, owner of Rapid Fast Health, Inc., guilty on five counts - conspiracy to defraud
Westport Man Pleads Guilty in Health Fraud Scheme - Dec 11, 2007
Westport Now,A Westport man pleaded guilty in federal court in New Haven today to defrauding insurance companies of $171000 in connection with businesses he operated in
Medicaid Fraud Collections Rise - Dec 26, 2007
NewsChannel 9 WSYR,...(Albany, NY) AP -- Anti-fraud programs and better monitoring by the Health Department, attorney general and comptroller have resulted in a reported $1
Campaign promises a year later: Medicaid fraud collections rise - Dec 25, 2007
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,By VALERIE BAUMAN AP ALBANY, NY (AP) — A year ago, candidates for governor and attorney general promised voters they would crack down on Medicaid fraud to
To understand why our country’s mostly privately run health care ... - Dec 22, 2007
Democratic Underground,An excellent discussion of health care fraud in the United States is provided by Malcolm Sparrow’s 1996 book, “License to Steal – Why Fraud Plagues
Former doctor hit with more charges while serving time - Dec 13, 2007
Houston Chronicle,El Hawa has since pleaded guilty to health fraud and drug misbranding and was sentenced to four years in prison. K. Scott Brazil, who is representing Klein,
Owners & Employee of Newark Home Health Care Agency Charged with ... - Dec 20, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),By newsdesk - Posted on December 20th, 2007 December 19, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A.
More charges possible for GP accused of $216000 fraud - Dec 2, 2007
New Zealand Herald,A general practitioner charged with fraud involving $216000 could face numerous further charges, Auckland District Court was told today.
Agency wants to limit new home health care - Dec 13, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,BY DAVID ROYSE AP TALLAHASSEE -- Fraud at fly-by-night home health agencies is so rampant in Miami-Dade County that the state should consider putting a
Man gets 5 years in health care fraud - Nov 29, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),By Mark Wilson (Contact) A Dale, Ind., man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud in US District Court.
Cheating mother convicted of fraud over birth charges - Nov 29, 2007
Waikato Times,By NATALIE AKOORIE and REON SUDDABY - Waikato Times | Friday, 30 November 2007 A Chinese illegal immigrant is the second Hamilton health cheat this year to
DHB disappointed about fraud case - Nov 29, 2007
Newstalk ZB,Waikato District Health Board has welcomed the fraud conviction of a Chinese woman who lied to get out of paying for giving birth at Waikato Hospital.
The Great HPV Vaccine Hoax Revealed - Dec 18, 2007
Gather.com,If true, this information reveals details of an enormous public health fraud being perpetrated on the American people, involving FDA officials,
Federal agents search Haven Healthcare offices - Nov 30, 2007
WTNH,Hartford (AP) _ Federal task force agents have searched the Middletown offices of a troubled nursing home company that has filed for bankruptcy and is
Purchasing medicine online not without risks for consumers - Dec 11, 2007
Lamar Daily News,...and still legitimate, Web sites that consumers can use with confidence," said Linda Silvers, who leads the Internet and health fraud team at the FDA's
OPP and WSIB joint investigation results in additional charge ... - Dec 4, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),4 /CNW/ - An ongoing joint investigation by officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Anti-Rackets Section Health Fraud Investigation Unit,
Food and Drug Law Institute Sponsors Major Enforcement Conference - Dec 20, 2007
Earthtimes,Eric M. Blumberg, Deputy Chief Counsel for Litigation; Garry L. Coody, National Health Fraud Coordinator, Office of Enforcement, ORA; David K. Elder,
CMS Plans to Hold Back 2% to 5% of DRG Reimbursement and Allow ... - Dec 17, 2007
Atlantic Information Services, Inc.,Former Associate US Attorney Jim Sheehan, a national leader in health fraud enforcement, has warned that hospitals that fudge their RHQDAPU data put
west tennessee couple charged with mental health fraud - Nov 21, 2007
Eyewitness News Memphis,...memphis, tenn. (ap) - a federal grand jury has charged a west tennessee couple with filing more than $720000 worth of bogus claims for government funding
40 port authority officers under investigation in alleged health ... - Nov 19, 2007
WNBC,...new york -- a long island dentist who treated more than 40 port authority police officers stands accused of cheating insurance companies out of millions
nhcaa health fraud - Nov 16, 2007
Insurance News Net (press release),...washington, nov. 15 /prnewswire-usnewswire/ -- with health care fraud becoming more organized, sophisticated, and prevalent, over 1000 investigators from
couple indicted in health fraud - Nov 11, 2007
Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com,...by randall clark salem a carneys point couple has been indicted by a grand jury this week for allegedly making over $68000 in fraudulent claims for health
macomb county officials questioned in health fraud case - Oct 29, 2007
DetNews.com,...mount clemens -- macomb county commissioners' investigation into a health-care fraud case continued monday with an administrative hearing of the five
joint investigation between opp and wsib results in fraud over ... - Oct 30, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),30 /cnw/ - a joint investigation by officers from the ontario provincial police (opp), anti-rackets section, health fraud investigation unit,
first the pain, then the dread - Nov 21, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,...seizing it to pay millions of dollars in expected fines and restitution. the us attorneys office said stokes -- convicted of health fraud in excess of
public never warned about dangerous device - Nov 19, 2007
Seattle Times,...treatments failed, and antonio died — the victim not only of his cancer, but of what one health official later called a "major national health fraud.
buyer beware: identifying health insurance fraud - Nov 16, 2007
Best Syndication,...scam insurance is not new - criminals have been selling fraudulent policies since health insurance came into being. but with today's skyrocketing health
department of justice kickback settlement: how will it affect you? - Nov 2, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,...where health fraud prosecutions became a top priority in the same category as violent crime. the national law journal described the enforcement numbers
wellcare probe involves expense reporting fraud: report - Nov 4, 2007
EasyBourse.com,...new york (reuters) - the recent raid by federal and state officials on wellcare health plans inc's florida headquarters involves allegations that the
physician accused of medicare fraud pleads guilty - Nov 6, 2007
Belleville News Democrat,...ap robert weiss had been told repeatedly his rare, blistering skin disease was untreatable -- until he found dr. abdul razzaque ahmed. the boston-area
former federal agent guilty in $1.1m bank fraud - Nov 1, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,...ap phoenix — a former federal agent pleaded guilty to two charges accusing him of fraudulently seizing more than $1 million during investigations and using
therapist sentenced to 90 days for medicaid fraud - Oct 31, 2007
KETV.com,...omaha, neb. -- an omaha mental health therapist will spend 90 days in jail on charges of theft by deception. christine palermo, 43, had originally pleaded
house moves to 'fraud-proof' philhealth law - Oct 28, 2007
News Today Online,...by florence f. hibionada a consolidated move in the lower house is underway to introduce major amendments in the country's national health insurance program
former oig medicare fraud investigator confesses to stealing $1 ... - Nov 6, 2007
Atlantic Information Services, Inc.,...focusing on health fraud. he developed expertise in "identifying and seizing the assets of persons suspected of committing fraud," the plea agreement
Miss.: Health Fraud Arrests Made - Oct 3, 2007
Houston Chronicle,© 2007 AP JACKSON, Miss. — Five people have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a scheme to defraud Medicaid and Medicare with clinics
Distinguished Albany Law Firm Establishes Health Care Fraud and ... - Oct 17, 2007
readMedia (press release),ALBANY, NY (10/17/2007; 1243)(readMedia)-- O’Connell and Aronowitz, one of upstate New York’s oldest and most prestigious law firms, has formed a Health
Investigation ongoing in health fraud - Oct 4, 2007
Bolivar Commercial,Details of the Evelyn Marshell Brown case are not being released as the Federal Bureau of Investigations said this morning “the case is still ongoing.
Competition Bureau Wins award: Bureau Recognized for Raising ... - Sep 21, 2007
Market Wire (press release)The Bureau targets health fraud issues including: bogus weight-loss schemes, cure-all scams and products claiming false health benefits.
The Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker involved in health fraud ... - Sep 20, 2007
China Post,TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) indicted on charges of health insurance fraud vowed yesterday that he will
Former home health care executive sentenced in Medicare fraud - Sep 20, 2007
MLive.com,AP DETROIT (AP) — The former owner of a home health care company will spend three years on probation after pleading guilty to bilking Medicare of nearly
Four sentenced in Medicare fraud involving bogus Milpitas clinic - Oct 10, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...first revealed in 2003 by the Mercury News and its Vietnamese-language affiliate Viet Mercury, is part of a health-fraud crime wave in which a variety
Macomb commissioners reconsider health audit - Oct 12, 2007
DetNews.com,Amid a probe of health care fraud by a former employee, county halts review of plan coverage. MOUNT CLEMENS -- A case of health care fraud by a former
The Fasting Track - Oct 8, 2007
Utne Reader OnlineRobert S. Baratz, a Boston-area internist and president of the National Council Against Health Fraud, does not see the value in fasting.
SOUTH FLORIDA BILLS BILLIONS FOR HIV - Sep 24, 2007
National Center for Policy Analysis,Doctors and clinics in three South Florida counties account for most of the billions of dollars charged to Medicare nationwide for HIV and AIDS drugs and
Meet your neighbor: Ed Miracco - Sep 27, 2007
Marco Island Sun-Times,..."Most of them are, quite simply, just plain old health fraud," added Miracco. "For 39 some-odd years, I was involved with products as simple as tap water
Integrative Way: FDA doesn't regulate supplements - Sep 23, 2007
Sacramento Bee,In the early 1990s, the FDA considered tightening the regulation of all dietary supplements in order to combat health fraud. Alarmed by this, the health
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