JOHN HOPKINS' RESEARCH SHOWS MANY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND BASIC FACTS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAY ABUSE DRUGS OR HOW ADDICTIVE MEDICATIONS MAY BE

Many primary care physicians – the top prescribers of prescription pain pills in the United States – don’t understand basic facts about how ...

California Podiatrist Pleads Guilty To Federal Health Care Fraud For Upcoding, Providing Services Not Medically Necessary, Using Unlicensed Staff, Improper Billing, and Altering Records

For over ten (10) years, podiatry has been a red flag for Medicare auditors. The rules for podiatry services are strict and a podiatrist rec...

Obama Says US Will Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse

The New York Times reporting on President Obama’s visit on Wednesday October 21, 2015 to West Virginia is in this article entitled “ US Will...

Lancaster Man Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years in Prison for Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Tax Fraud

The federal and state governments are putting priority on fraud against government programs. One case highlights a more extreme example.  On...

Pharmacy Owners Indicted In U.S. District Court in California For Using Pharmacy to Illegally Distribute Vicodin and OxyContin

The Los Angeles Times reports that two owners of a pharmacy Global Compounding in West Los Angeles have been indicted in federal court on c...