NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Two whistleblowers won’t share in a once-$43 million penalty against a husband and wife who have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding the federal government by submitting false claims at their pain clinics.
DALLAS — Jerry C. Bullard, 57, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced April 14 by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $317,779 in restitution, following his guilty plea in February 2012 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
HOUSTON – Dr. Leonard Kibert, 63, of Houston, has been charged in a 47-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $2.9 million, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Kenneth Magidson.
DALLAS — A licensed pharmacist, who along with four co-defendants was convicted at trial earlier this year for their roles in a “pill mill” operation in Dallas, was sentenced this afternoon, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
PLANO – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced the appointment of J. Kevin McClendon as the Attorney in Charge of the Plano office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
TYLER – A Dallas County, Texas, physician has been convicted of 15 counts of health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today praised a current employee of the Attorney General’s Office for being named the 2014 Outstanding Government Lawyer. Assistant Attorney General Linda Halpern received the Government Law Section of the State Bar’s award today after being nominated by her peers.
HOUSTON – Andrea Michelle Tellison, 47, has been ordered to federal prison for eight years following her convictions of 14 counts of health care fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
The 84th Legislative Session doesn’t begin until mid-January, but one local representative is already gearing up by taking advantage of the opportunity to pre-file bills he wants the lawmakers to take up when the session starts..
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Thursday a $39.75 million settlement resolving allegations of Medicaid fraud against generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc., Ranbaxy USA Inc. and Ranbaxy Inc.
In the first debate in the Texas race for governor Friday night, the two candidates both did a good job pointing out the differences between themselves.
A woman who requires a wheelchair for mobility is suing a Tyler healthcare facility after a doctor allegedly refused to allow her to use a personal care attendant to help her perform a urinalysis test.
AUSTIN – The Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against a company that has allegedly been fraudulently receiving payments for dental work through Medicaid.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott secured a $10 million agreement with New Jersey-based West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. The agreement resolves the State’s lengthy civil Medicaid fraud investigation against West-Ward for fraudulently reporting inflated drug prices to the Medicaid program for nearly 10 years. Abbott
BATON ROUGE – A liberal political action committee is being sued by Louisiana Lt, Gov. Jay Dardenne for alleged trademark infringement after the group parodied the state’s tourism slogan in a billboard deriding Gov. Bobby Jindal for not accepting federal Medicaid monies.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a $1.4 million settlement with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc. to resolve allegations of Medicaid fraud.
