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Understanding Healthcare Fraud and Health Insurance Scams

Posted by Marcia Shein
On January 8, 2019
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Health Care Fraud, Healthcare, Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Common Acts of Healthcare Fraud and Other Health Insurance Scams The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that the national health expenditures in the United States were at $2.6 trillion in 2010. This amount grew to $3.5 trillion by 2017. While many of these services are properly provided, there are also numerous health care […]

Metro Atlanta Dentist Gets a Year and Six Months for Medicaid Fraud

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 6, 2017
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Health Care Fraud, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud

A dentist who practiced in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties was sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison for Medicaid fraud in April 2017, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She was accused of falsely filing approximately $1 million in Medicaid claims. The U.S. attorney over the case said the dentist submitted bills […]

Doctor Charged with Federal Healthcare Fraud

Posted by Marcia Shein
On May 2, 2017
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criminal defense attorney, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare, Medicare & Medicaid Fraud

A physician was recently named as one of eight people who have been charged with committing federal healthcare fraud. A court in the Northern District of Texas alleges that the physician and others profited from a scheme to defraud the government of more than $158 million. The doctor was listed on the Texas Medical Board’s […]