Us Doctor Fraud

Indian-origin doctor and her medical practice group will pay $1.85 million to resolve allegations that they billed the government for medically unnecessary cataract surgeries and diagnostic tests that in some cases even caused injury to her patients.

An Indian-origin physician has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay fine and restitution of over a million dollars for engaging in a multi-faceted health care fraud scheme and for illegally prescribing thousands of opioid painkillers and muscle relaxers.

Indian-origin doctor Pawankumar Jain has been sentenced to nine years in prison by a US court for committing health care fraud and illegally distributing prescription painkillers.

An Indian-American doctor charged in one of US' biggest healthcare fraud cases-- involving a conspiracy worth a whopping $464 million-- was freed on a record $7 million bond.

A 74-year-old Indian-American pharmaceutical billionaire was today charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy in the US by bribing doctors to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients and committing fraud on insurance firms for profit.

An Indian-American doctor, known for promoting classical Indian dances in the US, has been sentenced to nearly 10 years of imprisonment for defrauding his former company's shareholders of an amount worth US $49 million.

US authorities announced charges Thursday against more than 400 people, many of them doctors and nurses, over health care scams worth $1.3 billion including the wrongful prescription and distribution of opioids.

A 69-year-old Indian-origin doctor in the US has been convicted of illegally receiving benefits for referring elderly patients to a financially struggling hospital in Chicago.

A federal jury in the US has convicted an Indian-origin doctor couple of a $2.5 million health care fraud, a media report said.

An Indian-American physician has been arraigned in a US federal court on a multiple-count superseding indictment that he allegedly over-prescribed pain medication that resulted in the deaths of four patients.

A Florida eye doctor facing corruption charges along with US Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted for multimillion-dollar health care fraud.

An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a US court for healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substance medications.

An Indian-American doctor has been charged with healthcare fraud in New York for submitting false claims for payment totalling USD 800,000 and could face 10 years in jail.

An Indian-American cardiologist has pleaded guilty to charges that he falsely recorded the severity of patients' illnesses in order to receive payment for numerous heart procedures.

The US government on Friday announced its second civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG in four days, accusing a unit of the Swiss drugmaker of paying multimillion-dollar kickbacks to doctors in exchange for prescribing its drugs.

Indian-origin doctor and her medical practice group will pay $1.85 million to resolve allegations that they billed the government for medically unnecessary cataract surgeries and diagnostic tests that in some cases even caused injury to her patients.

An Indian-origin physician has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay fine and restitution of over a million dollars for engaging in a multi-faceted health care fraud scheme and for illegally prescribing thousands of opioid painkillers and muscle relaxers.

Indian-origin doctor Pawankumar Jain has been sentenced to nine years in prison by a US court for committing health care fraud and illegally distributing prescription painkillers.

An Indian-American doctor charged in one of US' biggest healthcare fraud cases-- involving a conspiracy worth a whopping $464 million-- was freed on a record $7 million bond.

A 74-year-old Indian-American pharmaceutical billionaire was today charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy in the US by bribing doctors to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients and committing fraud on insurance firms for profit.

An Indian-American doctor, known for promoting classical Indian dances in the US, has been sentenced to nearly 10 years of imprisonment for defrauding his former company's shareholders of an amount worth US $49 million.

US authorities announced charges Thursday against more than 400 people, many of them doctors and nurses, over health care scams worth $1.3 billion including the wrongful prescription and distribution of opioids.

A 69-year-old Indian-origin doctor in the US has been convicted of illegally receiving benefits for referring elderly patients to a financially struggling hospital in Chicago.

A federal jury in the US has convicted an Indian-origin doctor couple of a $2.5 million health care fraud, a media report said.

An Indian-American physician has been arraigned in a US federal court on a multiple-count superseding indictment that he allegedly over-prescribed pain medication that resulted in the deaths of four patients.

A Florida eye doctor facing corruption charges along with US Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted for multimillion-dollar health care fraud.

An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a US court for healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substance medications.

An Indian-American doctor has been charged with healthcare fraud in New York for submitting false claims for payment totalling USD 800,000 and could face 10 years in jail.

An Indian-American cardiologist has pleaded guilty to charges that he falsely recorded the severity of patients' illnesses in order to receive payment for numerous heart procedures.

The US government on Friday announced its second civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG in four days, accusing a unit of the Swiss drugmaker of paying multimillion-dollar kickbacks to doctors in exchange for prescribing its drugs.