New York physician David DiMarco, MD, and his clinics will pay more than $2 million to resolve charges that he illegally billed Medicaid for vein treatments. DiMarco allegedly submitted more than 1,000 claims for procedures to the government insurer without sufficient documentation to show they were actually performed or that they were medically necessary, according to the New York Attorney General.
Las Vegas-based medical practice Walter J. Willoughby Jr., MD, Ltd., has settled with the U.S. government for allegedly violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by terminating a long-standing employee based on her Mexican-American heritage. Co-workers allegedly subjected the employee to months of derogatory comments based on her nationality before fabricating a story to get her ousted from the practice -- one that "played into national origin stereotypes." In March 2020, the practice fired the woman without investigating the story, prosecutors alleged. The practice will pay the woman $42,500 and will pay an additional civil penalty, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A Kansas City, Missouri law firm filed class-action lawsuits against four travel nurse agencies, alleging the companies pulled a bait-and-switch by offering nurses high pay with pandemic demand, then slashing their salaries once that demand began to drop. (NBC News)
Gastroenterologist Aston Williams, MD, of Buffalo, New York, won't be able to sue in state court over having his hospital privileges...
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee doctor has pleaded guilty to committing millions of dollars’ worth of Medicare fraud through her Brentwood optometry practice. Helen Boerman, 48, pleaded guilt...