Tag: Criminal Charges
Feds bust $1.2B brace fraud scheme
April 10, 2019HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The federal government has charged 24 defendants, including executives at five telemedicine companies, the owners of dozens of DME companies and three licensed medical professionals, for their roles in a healthcare fraud scheme that resulted in $1.2 billion in losses.
In addition, CMS's Center for Program Integrity has taken adverse administrative action against 130 DME companies that submitted more than $1.7 billion in claims and were paid more than $900 million.
The charges...
Scooter Store execs dodge criminal charges
May 12, 2016HME News Staff
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - The Justice Department will not bring criminal charges against former executives of the now defunct The Scooter Store, according to the San Antonio Express-News.“Based on the results of a five-year investigation, the Justice Department does not believe it has sufficient evidence to prove criminal liability beyond a reasonable doubt as to senior managers at The Scooter Store,” said agency spokesman Peter Carr in an email to the newspaper.The decision comes more than...