Tag: hhs-oig

  • Hasan Jermel Pulliam, Health Care Fraud, Alabama 2022

    Hasan Jermel Pulliam, Health Care Fraud, Alabama 2022

    ⏱ 2 min read A former Anniston, Alabama, Medicaid provider is headed to the slammer for 54 months after scamming the system out of nearly $720,000. Hasan Jermel Pulliam, 54, was sentenced on April 2, 2026, for health care fraud and identity theft offenses. The scheme went down in 2022, with Pulliam allegedly submitting false…

  • Irina Segal, Medicare Bill Inflation, Philadelphia PA, 2023

    Irina Segal, Medicare Bill Inflation, Philadelphia PA, 2023

    PHILADELPHIA – Bucks County’s Segal Arts, LLC, and owner Irina Segal avoided criminal charges, but will repay $200,000 to Medicare after a federal investigation revealed a scheme to inflate bills. The company allegedly billed the program for one-on-one occupational therapy that never happened, instead offering group art sessions at nursing homes in Pennsylvania and New…

  • Irina Segal Billed Medicare for Group Sessions, Bucks County PA, 2023

    Irina Segal Billed Medicare for Group Sessions, Bucks County PA, 2023

    ⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal, the owner of Segal Arts, LLC in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just got burned for turning arts and crafts hour into a Medicare money-grab. The feds say she was billing the program for individualized occupational therapy… when she was actually leading group sessions – think coloring books, not physical rehabilitation…

  • Irina Segal, Medicare Billing Scam, PA, 2023

    Irina Segal, Medicare Billing Scam, PA, 2023

    ⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal, the owner of Segal Arts, LLC, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just got a slap on the wrist for a cold-blooded scheme to bilk Medicare out of $200,000. Segal billed the federal health program for individualized occupational therapy sessions for elderly patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey assisted living facilities…

  • Irina Segal, Medicare Billing for Unprovided Therapy, Pennsylvania,…

    Irina Segal, Medicare Billing for Unprovided Therapy, Pennsylvania,…

    ⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal and her company, Segal Arts, LLC, are paying up $200,000 after a federal probe revealed they were billing Medicare for one-on-one occupational therapy that never happened. The scheme, which unfolded across assisted living facilities and adult day care centers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, essentially swapped medical rehabilitation for…

  • Irina Segal, Medicare Bilked, PA, 2023

    Irina Segal, Medicare Bilked, PA, 2023

    ⏱ 3 min read Irina Segal, the woman behind Bucks County’s Segal Arts, just cut a check for $200,000 to settle federal charges that she was running a Medicare scam. For an unspecified period, Segal allegedly billed the program for bogus occupational therapy – really just group art classes at assisted living facilities in Pennsylvania…