Oct 18, 2017
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Healthcare frauds and settlements in 2017: Running list
Updated Nov. 10, 2017
Virginia doctor hit with $472,000 penalty, loses license after admitting to illegally prescribing Ritalin, hydrocodone - Nov.10
Pharmacist convicted in compounding scheme that triggered deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak - Oct. 26
Alleged co-conspirator charged in $2.8 million Cleveland Clinic fraud - Oct. 20
New York physicians get prison time over $100 million Medicare fraud - Oct. 18
Personal trainer charged with posing as physician in $25 million fraud - Oct. 17
Former Cleveland Innovation exec faces prison in $2.7 million scam - Oct. 12
Healthcare CEO hit with $667,000 penalty, prison sentence for stealing Medicaid funds, neglecting residents - Oct. 9
4 HCA hospitals to pay $8.6 million over ambulance kickback allegations - Oct. 5
New Jersey doctor to pay nearly $25 million over prescriptions fraud - Sept. 27
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals hit with $35 million settlement connected to risky cholesterol drug Juxtapid - Sept. 26
Miami physician sent to prison, will pay $4.8 million penalty for prescription fraud - Sept. 22
Florida pharmacist, employee convicted in $30 million compound medication fraud scheme - Sept. 19
Former Cleveland Clinic executive charged with defrauding system out of $2.7 million - Sept. 15
St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, Christus Health to pay $12.2 million over illegal donation allegations - Sept. 5
Kaiser Permanente fined $2.2 million over data reporting - Aug. 30
Oklahoma physician hit with $580,000 settlement to resolve false Medicare billing allegations - Aug. 30
Johnson & Johnson hit with $417 million verdict in talc lawsuit - Aug. 22
Mylan, DOJ finalize $465 million settlement over EpiPen, Medicaid drug rebates - Aug. 17
Registered nurse convicted in $20 million home healthcare fraud scheme involving two agencies - Aug. 16
Texas doctor slapped with 35-year sentence and $268M in restitution for massive fraud scheme - Aug. 14
Pharma manufacturer Celgene will pay $280 million to settle allegations they improperly promoted cancer drugs - July 27
Embattled scope maker Olympus slapped with $6.6 million verdict in superbug outbreak case - July 25
California physicians, others charged in $147 million fraud schemes that included distributing oxycodone to addicts - July 14
HHS announces 'largest fraud takedown in history', charging 400 defendants in schemes involving $1.3 billion in false billings - July 13
Carolinas Healthcare to pay $6.5 million to settle upcoding allegations related to lab tests - July 5
Los Angeles hospital Pacific Alliance Medical Center to pay $42 million to settle kickback allegations - June 29
Landmark $115 million settlement reached in Anthem data breach suit, consumers could feel sting - June 26
Alabama physician will pay $1.4 million over alleged payment enhancement fraud scheme - June 24
Genesis Healthcare to pay nearly $54 million to resolve allegations of unnecessary hospice care, rehabilitation therapy - June 20
CMS overpaid nearly $730 million in meaningful use incentives, OIG says - June 12
Virginia's Fredericksburg Hospitalist Group, stakeholders to pay $4.2 million over upcoding allegations - June 12
Texas provider Union Treatment Center to pay $3 million over fraud scheme, banned from all federal healthcare programs - June 8
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics slapped with $6 million malpractice claim over patient's skull injury - June 5
New Jersey skilled nursing facility agrees to $888,000 settlement for billing Medicaid for allegedly substandard care - June 1
Two Medicare Advantage insurers settle whistleblower lawsuit for $32M - May 31
Abington Memorial Hospital to pay nearly $500,000 claim for alleged improper Medicare reimbursement - May 30
'Careless handling' of private patient information leads to $387,000 HIPAA fine for St. Luke's-Roosevelt - May 23
'Compassionate Doctors' physician found guilty for $4 million fraud, slapped with 19-year sentence - May 22
Missouri Hospitals will pay $34 million to settle allegations of improper payments to oncologists, DOJ says - May 19
Feds allege UnitedHealth Group doctored patient records, overbilled Medicare by a $1 billion - May 18
Memorial Hermann ordered to pay $2.4 million over immigrant incident - May 10
OIG says Mount Sinai owes them $42 million, but hospital says it's 'too late' - May 4
Poplar Healthcare will pay nearly $900,000 over allegations they improperly promoted, performed stain test - May 2
Victory providers sue Blue Cross Blue Shield in Texas, other states over alleged $25 million in unpaid claims - April 28
Chicago-area chiropractor hit with 7-year federal prison sentence for nearly $11 million fraud scheme - April 27
Ambulance company owner, brother sentenced in $6 million healthcare fraud case - April 25
Provider hit with $31,000 HIPAA settlement over lack of business associate's agreement - April 21
Theranos reaches $4.65 million settlement with Arizona Attorney General office - April 18
HHS settles with Denver provider for $400,000 for 2011 breach - April 14
Oklahoma's Norman Regional Health System, physicians will pay $1.6 million to settle Medicare fraud allegations - April 12
Nursing home operator to pay $1 million over alleged false genetic testing claims - April 11
Sanofi-Pasteur to pay $20 million penalty for overcharging Veterans Affairs - April 3
Texas doctor convicted in $40 million Medicare home health fraud, faces decades in prison - March 28
Eight Texans indicted in $158 million healthcare fraud scheme involving pricey compound pain medications - March 27
Medicare overpaid 33 San Francisco-area hospitals by $5 million due to misreported wage data - March 21
Clinic owner gets 5 years in prison for $70 million Medicare fraud targeting homeless - Feb. 28
Humble Surgical Hospital goes bankrupt after scamming Aetna for $51 million - Feb. 28
Brooklyn medical supply company Monack charged with $1.5 million Medicaid fraud - Feb. 28
New Jersey oncologist, wife to pay $1.7 million over allegedly importing cancer drugs - Feb. 17
Moda Health Plan wins $215 million judgment for risk-corridors payment - Feb. 14
Florida doctor to pay $750,000 to settle false Medicare billing claims - Feb. 13
Comprehensive Health Services pays $3.9 million for allegedly double billing IRS - Feb. 9
Aetna awarded $51.4 million from Texas hospital in false billing case - Feb. 8
TeamHealth to pay $60 million to settle 'upcoding' claims as acquisition by Blackstone wraps up - Feb. 7
Ohio doctor pleads guilty to using his clinic to supply drugs, evading more than $3.5 million in taxes - Feb. 1
Kaiser Permanente fined $2.5 million over missing data tied to California Medicaid - Jan. 27
Cigna reaches settlement, will pay penalty over psych test policy - Jan. 25
Overlake Medical Center will pay $200,000, revise policies to settle alleged ADA violations - Jan. 24
McKesson hit with record $150 million civil penalty for alleged Controlled Substance Act violations - Jan. 18
Neurosurgeon sentenced to almost 20 years for $2.8 million healthcare fraud involving harmful surgeries - Jan. 12
