December 13, 2023
This year saw a rare False Claims Act jury trial that netted a $490 million verdict, a $172 million settlement from Cigna to settle healthcare fraud allegations, and emerging fraud schemes from developing technologies. Here, Law360 takes a look back at six significant healthcare fraud enforcement actions from 2023.
November 16, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Florida pharmacy compliance executive to spend over four years in federal prison and pay $21 million in restitution for his role in a sprawling scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for lidocaine and diabetic testing supplies benefit holders did not want.
June 29, 2023
A Michigan federal judge has sentenced the former CEO of pharmacy operator A1C Holdings LLC to more than five years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $21.7 million in restitution for lying to pharmacy benefit managers who oversaw prescriptions provided by Medicare.
June 09, 2023
A former compliance executive at a pharmacy operator was convicted in Michigan federal court of fraudulently billing Medicare for more than $50 million for dispensing lidocaine and diabetic testing supplies the benefit holders did not want, prosecutors announced.