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Attorney General Raoul Charges Former Employee Of Chicagoland Assisted-Living Facility with Sexual Abuse

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced charges against a former employee of a greater-Chicago assisted-living facility for sexual abuse committed against an individual with a ...
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Gem Ambulance Agreed to Pay $1 Million for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Submitting Claims for Services Covered by the SNF Consolidated Billing Payment

On November 10, 2022, Gem Ambulance LLC d/b/a Gem Mobile Health (Gem), Lakewood, New Jersey, entered into a $1,060,513.82 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations ...
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Diagnostic Laboratory Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

Baltimore, Maryland – Genetic Technological Innovations, LLC (GTI), a diagnostic laboratory headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, agreed to pay the United States $1.635 million to resolve allegations ...
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Northwell Health Agreed to Pay $12.7 Million for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Submitting Claims for Spinal Procedures that Were Not Provided as ...

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Northwell Health Inc. (Northwell), New York, agreed to pay $12,736,087 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that Northwell ...
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Mercy Medical Center Agreed to Pay $14.8 Million for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Provided Improper Remuneration in the Form of Unpaid Fees and ...

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Mercy Hospital d/b/a Mercy Medical Center (MMC), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, agreed to pay $14,814,581 50 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG ...
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Office of Investigations

The Office of Investigations (OI) conducts criminal, civil and administrative investigations of fraud and misconduct related to HHS programs, operations and beneficiaries. State-of-the-art tools and ...
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Whistleblower Protection Information

Whistleblowers play a critical role in reporting fraud, waste, and abuse and protecting public health and safety. Current and former HHS employees, applicants for HHS employment, employees of HHS ...
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Series: Duplicate Medicaid Fee-for-Service and Veterans Health Administration Payments

Subject to a few exceptions, Medicaid is the payer of last resort, meaning that Medicaid will pay for a service only if there are no other sources of payment available. Federal law requires that if a ...
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Alabama Hospital Settles Case Involving Patient Dumping Allegations

On December 21, 2018, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center (MIMC), Mobile, Alabama, entered into an $80,000 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement resolves allegations that, based on OIG's ...
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2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General joined federal law enforcement partners to announce the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in charges ...
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Carter Healthcare Affiliates And Two Senior Managers To Pay $7.175 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations For False Florida Home Health Billings

Carter Healthcare LLC, an Oklahoma-based for-profit home health provider, its affiliates CHC Holdings and Carter-Florida (collectively Carter Healthcare), and their President Stanley Carter and Chief ...
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Duke University Agrees to Pay U.S. $112.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Scientific Research Misconduct

Duke University has agreed to pay the government $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting applications and progress reports that contained falsified ...