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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 20, 2017

Posted  July 20, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Maine doctor settles FCA suit for $124k  Dr. Douglas Jorgensen settled allegations he submitted false claims to Medicare. Dr. Jorgenson allegedly billed for evaluation and management procedures that should have been bundled with osteopathic treatments, and thus are not separately reimbursable. USAO Maine

Two Missouri doctors plead guilty to healthcare fraud  Drs. Ken Rall and Michael Richards pled guilty to a $190K fraud scheme in which doctors lied about reviewing radiological imaging before submitting the procedure codes for reimbursement to Medicare. These guilty pleas follow a 2016 settlement under which the doctors’ employer, the University of Missouri, paid $2.2M to settle similar charges. Columbia Missourian

Florida telecom executive pleads guilty to FCPA charge  Amadeus Richers, an executive of a Miami-based telecom company, pled guilty to conspiring to pay $3M in bribes to the Haitian government to secure contracts with Telecommunication D’Haiti, a state-owned entity. Richers is the ninth person to plead guilty or be convicted in this case. DOJ