A press release from the United States Attorney’s Office: United States Files Suit Against North Suburban Diagnostics Company for Allegedly Billing Medicare for Unnecessary Home Sleep Tests CHICAGO — The United States has filed a civil lawsuit accusing a north suburban … Continue reading
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A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: U.S. FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY, ALLEGES OVERBILLING OF FEDERAL HEALTH INSURERS FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES CHICAGO — The United States filed a civil lawsuit against California-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, … Continue reading
Municipal bond analyst Steve Wilson left the following message under the first part of my report of the McHenry County Board debate about the $10 increase for housing Federal prisoners: How much are we losing each day per prisoner? I … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN FALSE CLAIMS LAWSUIT AGAINST IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY, ALLEGING OVERBILLING OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES CHICAGO ― The United States has intervened in a civil lawsuit against California-based IPC The Hospitalist … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CHICAGO U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTED $142.6 MILLION IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2011 CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois collected approximately $142.6 million … Continue reading
Last night State Rep. Mike Tryon estimated the fraud in the Illinois Medicaid program at $5-$6 billion at his joint Town Hall Meeting with State. Sen. Pam Althoff. But this case is mainly about Medicare, the Federal medical program for … Continue reading
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s press release headline uses the word “kickback” to describe what was going on between owners of the Crystal Lake Open Advanced MRI, other centers and some referring doctors. The way the scheme worked, “radiology centers entered … Continue reading
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s press release headline uses the word “kickback” to describe what was going on between owners of the Crystal Lake Open Advanced MRI, other centers and some referring doctors. The way the scheme worked, “radiology centers entered … Continue reading
Credit a blog of the New York Daily News with pointing me to a Cook County law suit for $4.2 million, plus punitive damages, against Mutual Bank. At issue is an analysis by Kenneth Conner of an appraisal by Adams … Continue reading
Credit a blog of the New York Daily News with pointing me to a Cook County law suit for $4.2 million, plus punitive damages, against Mutual Bank. At issue is an analysis by Kenneth Conner of an appraisal by Adams … Continue reading
Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading
Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading
$36.7 million is flowing into public treasuries across the country and into one whistleblower’s pocket as a result of actions by the Chicago office of the U.S. Attorney. Coordinating with the 49-state National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, CVS … Continue reading
$36.7 million is flowing into public treasuries across the country and into one whistleblower’s pocket as a result of actions by the Chicago office of the U.S. Attorney. Coordinating with the 49-state National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, CVS … Continue reading