Abingdon, VA - The United States of America charged Dr. Raymond Michael Moore with illegally dispensing drugs.

Dr. Raymond Michael Moore, 61, of Wise, Va., who had a medical practice in Norton, Va., pleaded guilty to fourteen federal charges, including illegally prescribing more than 25,000 oxycodone pills, more than 17,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 10,000 benzodiazepine pills; obt

This case concerns a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions, with limited exceptions, after 15 weeks’ gestational age. The central question before us is whether this law is an unconstitutional ban on pre-viability abortions. In an unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion cases have established (and affirmed, and re-affirmed) a woman’s right to choose an abortion before v

Brooklyn, NY - The United States of America charged Enock Mensah with theft of funds and health care fraud.

A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict for public benefits theft and healthcare fraud against Enock Mensah, a social worker participating in the New York State Early Intervention Program (EIP) that provides remedial services to developmentally delayed children. When s

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc. with engaging in a criminal conspiracy to fix prices and allocate customers for a generic drug.

Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rising), a generic pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey, was criminally charged for conspiring to fix prices and allocate customers for a generic hypertension drug, an

Nashville, TN - The United States of America charged Darrel R. Rinehart, M.D. with unlawfully distributing controlled drugs.

A medical doctor who formerly practiced in Tennessee pleaded guilty for his role in unlawfully distributing controlled substances.

Darrel R. Rinehart M.D., 64, of Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfu

Sioux Falls, SD - The United States of America charged A’Shae Primeaux with assault and batter with a dangerous weapon.

A Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on November 25, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

A’Shae Primeaux, age 21, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, 3 years of supervised release, restitutio

Nashville, TN - The United States of America charged Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D. with drug distribution.

A Tennessee emergency medical doctor pleaded guilty for his role in unlawfully distributing controlled substances.

Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D., 50, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances before U.S. District Judge

Beaumont, TX - The United States of America charged Douglas Duane Franklin with health care fraud.

A 59-year-old Beaumont mental health care counselor has pleaded guilty to health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.

Douglas Duane Franklin pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with health care fraud.

According to informatio

Washington, DC - The United States of America charged Hope Falowo with health care fraud.

Hope Falowo, 53, of Bowie, Maryland, pled guilty today to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which she caused the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program to be defrauded out of approximately $400,000.

The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K

Louisville, KY - The United States ex rel. Stone v. Jewish Hosp. & St. Mary’s Healthcare, Inc., et al., on qui tam theories claiming they submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement.

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc., doing business as Pharmacy Plus and Pharmacy Plus Specialty (collectively, Jewish Hospital), of Louisville, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $10,101,132 to res

St. Louis, MO - The United States of America charged Naim Muhammad with Medicaid fraud.



Naim Muhammad, 56, of St. Charles, MO, pled guilty to one count of making a false claim to Medicaid. Mr. Muhammad appeared today before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig who accepted his plea and set sentencing for February 28, 2020.

According to the plea agreement, Mr. Muham

Tony Sarun had no health insurance in March 2012 when
he received emergency care at Northridge Hospital Medical
Center, then owned and operated by Dignity Health.1 Upon
admission Sarun signed an agreement to pay the hospital’s “full
charges, unless other discounts apply.” “Full charges” were
defined as “the Hospital’s published rates (called the
chargemaster), prior to any

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Malik Fuqua with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

The owner of a Detroit, Michigan-area physical therapy clinic pleaded guilty for his role in a drug diversion scheme.

Malik Fuqua, 49, of Southfield, Michigan, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances before U.S. District Judg

Baton Rouge, LA - The Louisiana Department of Health has agreed to resolve allegations that it submitted false and inflated Medicaid claims for long-term nursing home and hospice care, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the settlement agreement, the state agency has agreed to pay $13,422,550.

“Today’s settlement demonstrates that we will take whatever steps are appropriate

Because California participates in the federal Medicaid
program, California must pay federally qualified health centers
for their services to Medicaid beneficiaries. (42 U.S.C. §
1396a(bb)(4).) The question is how much California must pay the
counties and their clinics for providing this care. The answer is
“100 percent” of the cost of a defined list of services. (42 U.S.C. §

Los Angeles, CA - Eye Doctor Group, Physicians Pay $6.65 Million to Settle Allegations They Submitted Fraudulent Bills to Medicare and Medicaid

A Southern California-based ophthalmology group, its former CEO and several of its physicians have paid the United States and California $6.65 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they defrauded public health care programs by billin