The Fifth. Why Michael Flynn's Lawyer Properly Advised Him to Exercise His 5th Amendment Rights in Response to Congressional Subpoena.

No one should be in favor of overzealous prosecutions. We should also let all people exercise their constitutional rights. Even when we disa...

Walgreen Paid $9.86 Million to Settle False Claim Allegations of Improper Medi-Cal Billings for Code 1 Drugs

It's not just small pharmacies that get false claims (qui tam) cases. The chains are ripe targets for cases but they have the resources ...

California Dermatologist Indicted For Health Care Fraud for Allegedly Billing Microdermabrasions or Chemical Peels Performed by Staff as Acne Surgeries to Private Insurers

The number of prosecutions for health care fraud involving private insurance is on the rise as shown by a recent case.  In years past, the i...

California Oncology Therapy Center Pays $2.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of Providing Radiation Treatments Without Radiation Oncologist Present

The nuances of "incident-to" billing and the alleged lack of physician supervision from 2006 to 2015 at one of its locations is at...

California Oxygen Equipment Provider Pays $11.4 Million To Resolve Allegations of False Claims and Cross-Referral Kickbacks With Sleep Clinics

On April 25, 2017, Braden Partners, L.P., doing business as Pacific Pulmonary Services,  a DME based in California, has agreed to pay $11.4 ...

Orange County Workers' Compensation Fraud Cases Plead Out. Aspen Durable Medical Equipment Owners Get Minimal Jail Time, Pay Over $8 Million in Restitution and Dismiss $139 Million in Liens at WCAB

In criminal fraud cases, restitution is usually key to obtaining favorable plea terms. In workers' compensation fraud cases, releasing t...

Owner of Holter Labs, Cardiac Monitoring Services Company, Convicted for Health Care Fraud for Billing for Services Not Performed

On May 2, 2017,  Michael Mirando,  an owner of Holter Labs, which provided cardiac monitoring services, was f ound guilty after a week long ...

Los Angeles Dermatologist Pays $2.6 Million to Resolve False Claim Allegations He Billed Medicare for Unnecessary Mohs Skin Cancer Surgeries

On April 10, 2017,   Dr. Norman A. Brooks, M.D.,  t he owner of The Skin Cancer Medical Center in Los Angeles paid the United States  $2,681...