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   Criminal and Civil Enforcement/Fraud/Office of Inspector General/U.S.   
   Department of Health and Human Services - November 2014 Update   
      
      
      
   November 13, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Vascular Solutions Inc. and its CEO Charged with Selling Unapproved Medical   
   Devices and Conspiring to Defraud the United States   
   An indictment was filed today charging Vascular Solutions Inc. (VSI) and its   
   chief executive officer, Howard Root, with selling medical devices without   
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and conspiring to defraud the   
   United States by    
   concealing the illegal sales activity. The announcement was made today by   
   Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda for the U.S. Department of   
   Justice's Civil Division, U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District   
   of Texas and Special    
   Agent in Charge Antoinette V. Henry of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration   
   (FDA)'s Office of Criminal Investigations, Metro Washington Field Office. The   
   devices at issue are from VSI's "Vari-Lase" product line, a system designed to   
   treat varicose veins    
   by burning or "ablating" them with laser energy.   
   November 13, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Force Case   
   Five Florida Residents Plead Guilty for Roles in $6 Million Miami Home Health   
   Care Fraud Scheme   
   Five South Florida residents pleaded guilty this week in connection with a   
   long-running $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Professional Medical   
   Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), a Miami home health care agency   
   that purported to    
   provide home health and therapy services. Two of the defendants also pleaded   
   guilty in connection with their conduct in similar schemes at other Miami home   
   health care agencies.   
   November 13, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Force Case   
   Owner of Miami Home Health Company Pleads Guilty for Role in $30 Million   
   Health Care Fraud Scheme   
   An owner of a Miami home health care company pleaded guilty today for his role   
   in a $30 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General   
   Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S.   
   Attorney Wifredo A.    
   Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L.   
   Piro of the FBI's Miami Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Derrick   
   Jackson of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of   
   Inspector General's (HHS-OIG)    
   Miami Regional Office made the announcement.   
   November 13, 2014; U.S. Attorney; Eastern District of Michigan Medicare Fraud   
   Strike Force Case   
   Owners of Detroit-Area Home Health Agency Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud   
   Conspiracy   
   WASHINGTON-The founders and owners of a Detroit-area home health agency   
   pleaded guilty today in federal district court for their roles in a nearly $1   
   million home health care fraud scheme.   
   November 12, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Careall Companies Agree to Pay $25 Million to Settle False Claims Act   
   Allegations   
   CareAll Management LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively "CareAll")   
   have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the   
   state of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False   
   Claims Act by submitting    
   false and upcoded home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid   
   programs, the Department of Justice announced today. CareAll is based in   
   Nashville, Tennessee, and is one of Tennessee's largest home health providers.   
   November 12, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Director Of Nursing Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Role In $7 Million   
   Health Care Fraud Scheme   
   A former Director of Nursing was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison today   
   for his participation in a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving   
   defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp. (Anna Nursing).   
   November 6, 2014; U.S. Department of Justice   
   Biotronik Inc. to Pay $4.9 Million to Resolve Claims that Company Paid   
   Kickbacks to Physicians   
   Biotronik Inc. of Lake Oswego, Oregon, has agreed to pay the United States   
   $4.9 million to resolve allegations made under the False Claims Act that the   
   company made various improper payments to induce physicians to use devices   
   that it manufactured and    
   sold, the Justice Department announced today.   
   November 6, 2014; U.S. Attorney; Southern District of New York   
   Manhattan U.S. Attorney Settles Civil Fraud Claims Against Visiting Nurse   
   Service For Obtaining Millions In Medicaid Payments By Enrolling Ineligible   
   Individuals In Its Managed Long-Term Care Plans And For Providing Substandard   
   Services At Social Adult    
   Day Care Centers    
   Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New   
   York, and Thomas O'Donnell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of   
   Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General's ("HHS-OIG") New York   
   Region, announced today    
   that the United States has settled civil fraud claims under the False Claims   
   Act against VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK, VNS CHOICE, and VNS CHOICE   
   COMMUNITY CARE (collectively, "VNS") related to the enrollment of ineligible   
   members in the VNS Choice    
   managed long-term care plan ("Choice MLTCP").   
   November 6, 2014; U.S. Attorney; Eastern District of Pennsylvania   
   Ambulance Company, Owners, and Manager Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud and   
   Kickback Scheme   
   PHILADELPHIA - Life Support Corporation, formerly located in Fea   
   terville-Trevose, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to   
   commit health care fraud. In separate hearings, the company owners, Nazariy   
   Kmet, 35, of Jamison, PA, and Bogdan    
   Kmet, 30, Warminster, PA and a company manager, Rostislav Kmet, 26, of   
   Philadelphia, PA, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care   
   fraud and to violating the federal anti-kickback statute. Sentencing hearings   
   are scheduled for all parties    
   on February 11, 2015.   
   November 6, 2014; U.S. Attorney; Eastern District of Pennsylvania   
   Medicare Beneficiaries Charged in Ambulance Health Care Fraud Scheme   
      
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