Author name: Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, PLLC

A former central Ohio couple has been indicted on 12 felony charges for allegedly defrauding Ohio’s Medicaid program of approximately $9.3 million by billing for services that were never provided. Roberta Acheampong, 39, and her husband, Godfred Owusu-Sekyere, 46, formerly of Powell, were charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, telecommunications fraud, theft, […]

EyePoint, Inc., a Watertown, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $4,678,981 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying illegal kickbacks to ambulatory surgery centers. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, resolves claims that EyePoint engaged in a scheme

Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp), a national clinical diagnostics company, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare Part B for medically unnecessary urine drug testing. The settlement, announced by the Justice Department, resolves claims that between January 2018 and November

Tactile Systems Technology, a Minnesota-based medical device company, has agreed to pay $550,959 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary pneumatic compression devices. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, resolves claims that certain Tactile sales personnel

Six defendants, including a pharmacist, a doctor, and several other medical professionals, have been charged in connection with an alleged $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid through illegal kickbacks and medically unnecessary prescriptions. The charges, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, stem from a conspiracy that operated

A Georgia nurse practitioner who owned and operated two telemedicine companies has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for her role in a $136 million Medicare fraud scheme. Jean Wilson, 54, of Richmond Hill, was also ordered to pay $66 million in restitution for her participation in a conspiracy that involved paying illegal

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware has filed a civil complaint against Alpha Care Medical, LLC, its owner Nihar Gala, and laboratory director Bo Wang for allegedly defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program through false laboratory testing claims. The lawsuit, filed as part of the Department of

Thomas K. Weir, 65, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy in Celina, Tennessee, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a years-long conspiracy to unlawfully dispense controlled substances and defraud Medicare and TennCare. Weir was also ordered to pay $1,419,974 in restitution and to forfeit the pharmacy building and warehouse

Five more individuals and two companies in the Western District of Kentucky have been charged in four separate cases as part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The defendants face allegations including conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, identity theft, misuse of DEA numbers, and acquiring controlled substances by misrepresentation. The

SSM Health Care has agreed to pay approximately $1 million to resolve allegations that its Saint Louis University Hospital pharmacy improperly waived patient copays, causing Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to overpay for prescriptions. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, resolves a qui tam