Medical Device CEO by Sacramento Federal Judge Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tax Evasion

On December 2, 2016, Briant  Benson,  a  President and CEO of multiple medical device companies, was sentenced in Sacramento, California by ...

California Sleep Clinic Agrees To Settle False Claims Case for Billing Medicare for Diagnostic Sleep Tests. Pays $2.6 Million Fine and Loses Provider Numbers for 3 Years.

Diagnostic sleep studies have been under scrutiny and audit by Medicare and private insurers for the past 5 years. Recently, a false claims ...

Respironics to Pay $34.8 Million in Qui Tam Case for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks in Form of Free Call Center Services to DME Suppliers That Bought Its Masks for Sleep Apnea Patients

On or about March 23, 2016, a national medical supply company Respironics Inc., based in Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolv...

Durable Medical Equipment Company Pays $600,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Using Unlicensed Technicians for Respiratory Therapy

On January 12, 2015,  J and L Medical Services, LLC in Connecticut entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state gove...

Splint Supplier and Its President to Pay Over $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Splints Provided to Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Maryland-based splint supplier Dynasplint Systems Inc., and its founder and president, George Hepburn, agreed on December 18, 2015 to pay ap...

Prosthetic Limb Maker CEO Charged With State Insurance Fraud For Billing Anthem For Prosthetic Arm After Patient Died and Forging Patient's Name on Delivery Slips

Peter Lira, CEO of Am-Pro Prosthetics and Orthotics in Whittier, was arrested on three felony counts of insurance fraud in Los Angeles Count...