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Durable
Medical Equipment
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In Texas, a durable medical equipment (DME) company owner was sentenced to
24 months in prison and ordered to pay $265,000 in restitution for health care
fraud. The woman allowed a DME company owner, whose provider number was revoked,
to use her provider number to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs that were either
not provided or not medically necessary. The two split the Medicare proceeds.
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In Illinois, a man was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for violating the anti-kickback
statute. As a sales manager for a large medical equipment distributor, the man
provided enteral pumps at no charge in order to induce the purchase of related
enteral products and advised nursing homes on how to submit charges to Medicare
for the enteral pumps.
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Prescription
Drug Fraud
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| April 2005 |
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In Massachusetts, a former pharmacist for a hospital was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered
to pay $507,000 in restitution for charges related to diverting pharmaceuticals to a New Jersey pharmacist.
As a buyer for the hospital, the pharmacist ordered and authorized the hospital to pay for prescription
drugs and other pharmaceuticals, which he diverted on numerous occasions.
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Child
Support Enforcement
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April 2005
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In North Carolina, a man was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment, 1 year supervised release and ordered
to pay $77,000 in restitution for failure to pay child support. The man, who resides in Oklahoma, failed
to pay any support for his daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy.
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