Two brothers from Naperville. Four laboratories. $293 million in claims for COVID-19 tests that were never performed. And then the gold bars, the overseas mansions, the luxury watches — and a superseding indictment.
Tag: healthcare
Fraud on Fridays: Football Fraudster Drops the Ball
He signed with the Seahawks. He made the Packers’ practice squad. He never played a regular-season game. Then he built a $197 million fraud operation targeting the elderly and the families of disabled and deceased veterans.
Fraud on Fridays: The Diagnosis That Wasn’t There
$556 million. One settlement. One health system that is simultaneously the insurer and the physician group. The largest Medicare Advantage risk adjustment fraud settlement in history, and a warning for every physician group in an MA contract.
Fraud on Fridays: Shocking Double Stack Fraud
A former CEO and COO are accused of healthcare fraud used to drive securities fraud. Learn the lessons for healthcare leaders and investors.
Fraud On Fridays: The Fake Doctor Will See You Now
A Connecticut physician is accused of knowingly employing a fake doctor for years. Learn the risks of credential misuse and how identity‑based fraud ensnares practices.
Fraud on Fridays: Brace Yourself
A Florida LNA built a layered $11.4M DME fraud scheme involving hidden ownership, kickbacks, and structuring.
A $995 Sneaker and Its Lessons for Your Business
Physician services aren’t a commodity, they’re a value proposition. Learn how mindset shifts and premium positioning can transform your practice and attract high-value patients.
Fraud on Fridays: Pink Slipped
From sell-mates to cellmates? Used car salesmen/financiers and the lesson for healthcare leaders.
Off to Prison. An Update on How to Almost Make Half a Billion Dollars: The Arizona Wound Graft Fraud
Now that they’ve been sentenced to prison, I can reveal the fate of the healthcare power couple, Alexandra Gehrke and her husband, Jeffrey King, whose wound care graft graft put close to $615,000,000 in their pockets, albeit temporarily.
Fraud on Fridays: Deceit Was in His Genes
Perhaps he should have genetically tested himself for the propensity to commit fraud.