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   OIG/HHS/Fraud Enforcement Actions/Criminal & Civil Enforcement - March 2017   
      
      
   March 2017   
   March 16, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Eastern District of Washington   
   Spokane Area Cardiologist, Dr. Romeo Pavlic, to Pay $300,000 Resolving Alleged   
   False Health Care Claims   
   Spokane, WA - Today, the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for the   
   Eastern District of Washington announced a settlement agreement with Dr. Romeo   
   Pavlic and various companies he owns. The settlement resolves allegations that   
   for years Dr. Pavlic, a    
   Spokane-area cardiologist, falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid by repeatedly   
   and falsely claiming to have provided services and tests to vulnerable   
   patients when in fact he had not.   
   March 14, 2017; U.S. Department of Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Force Case   
   South Florida Home Health Owner Charged for Role in $15 Million Medicare Fraud   
   Scheme   
   A South Florida home health care owner was charged in an indictment unsealed   
   today for his alleged participation in a $15 million health care fraud scheme   
   involving fraudulent claims for home health services.   
   March 14, 2017; U.S. Attorney; District of Connecticut   
   Stamford Dental Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurance Companies   
   Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today   
   announced that ELENA ILIZAROV, 44, of Stamford, waived her right to be   
   indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A.   
   Bolden in Bridgeport to one    
   count of wire fraud stemming from her use of an identity theft victim's   
   personal identifying information to submit fraudulent bills to private   
   insurance companies offering dental insurance.   
   March 13, 2017; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Charles River Laboratories International Inc. Agrees to Pay United States $1.8   
   Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations   
   Charles River Laboratories International Inc. has agreed to pay the U.S.   
   government $1.8 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act   
   by improperly charging for labor and other associated costs that were not   
   actually provided on certain    
   National Institutes of Health contracts, the Justice Department announced   
   today. Charles River is a for-profit corporation headquartered in Wilmington,   
   Massachusetts.   
   March 10, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Middle District of Pennsylvania   
   Lancaster County Woman Guilty Of Healthcare Fraud   
   HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of   
   Pennsylvania announced that Tammie Sensenig, age 45, of Lancaster,   
   Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty March 8, 2017, before United States Magistrate   
   Judge Martin C. Carlson to a    
   criminal information charging her with healthcare fraud.   
   March 7, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Middle District of Florida   
   Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Paying Health Care Kickbacks   
   Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Anthonio   
   Miller (26, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay kickbacks in   
   connection with a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum   
   penalty of five years in    
   federal prison.   
   March 6, 2017; U.S. Department of Justice   
   California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in   
   Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme   
   A rehabilitation clinic operator in Los Angeles County was sentenced to 63   
   months in prison today for his role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme   
   that involved billing for occupational therapy services that were not   
   medically necessary and not    
   provided.   
   March 6, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Southern District of Texas   
   Clinic Manager Heads to Prison for Health Care Fraud   
   HOUSTON - The 47-year-old owner and operator of Elite P. Care Medical Services   
   has been sentenced for her role in a health care fraud conspiracy that billed   
   Medicare and Medicaid for more than $1 million in fraudulent health care   
   claims, announced U.S.    
   Attorney Kenneth Magidson.   
   March 6, 2017; U.S. Attorney; District of New Jersey   
   Bergen County Doctor Convicted Of Taking Bribes In Test-Referral Scheme With   
   New Jersey Clinical Lab   
   NEWARK, N.J. - A family doctor practicing in Bergen County, New Jersey, was   
   convicted today of all 10 counts of an indictment charging him with accepting   
   bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate   
   scheme operated by    
   Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its   
   president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.   
   March 6, 2017; U.S. Attorney; District of Vermont   
   Brandon Woman Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud   
   The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced   
   that Misti Baker, 36, of West Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced on Friday by   
   United States District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford for healthcare fraud.   
   Judge Crawford    
   sentenced Baker to time served plus two years of supervised release and   
   ordered her to pay $77,306.57 in restitution.   
   March 3, 2017; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Unlicensed Medical Professional Convicted for Role in $1.3 Million Medicare   
   Fraud Scheme   
   A federal jury in Houston convicted an unlicensed medical professional who was   
   posing as a physician yesterday for his participation in a $1.3 million   
   Medicare fraud scheme.   
   March 3, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Southern District of Florida   
   Two Women Plead Guilty to Orchestrating $20 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme at   
   Seven Miami Area Home Health Agencies   
   Two Miami residents pleaded guilty today to fraud charges stemming from their   
   roles in a $20 million home health care fraud scheme.   
   March 3, 2017; U.S. Attorney; District of Maryland   
   Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal   
   Prison for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Defrauding the IRS   
   by Failing to File Tax Returns   
   Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Elma   
   Myles, age 52, on March 2, 2017, to four years in prison, in connection with   
   her role in a health care fraud scheme, aggravated identity theft, and   
   conspiracy to defraud the United    
   States for failing to file income tax returns. Judge Garbis also ordered Myles   
   to pay restitution of $1,207,585.38 to Medicaid.   
   March 3, 2017; U.S. Attorney; Western District of Virginia   
   Personal Care Attendant Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement as it   
   Relates to a Health Care Benefit   
      
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