Tag: Medicare Fraud
Feliciano Serrano, Medicare Fraud, California 2016
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Feliciano Serrano, a physician at Serrano Kidney & Vascular Access Center in Huntington Park, California, has been accused of performing medically unnecessary procedures on Medicare patients from 2016 to 2024. The unnecessary procedures included dialysis access interventions and peripheral artery disease interventions, which were allegedly performed to bilk Medicare out…
Helen Boerman, Medicare Fraud, Tennessee 2020
⏱ 2 min read Helen Boerman, a 48-year-old optometric physician from Brentwood, Tennessee, defrauded Medicare out of $6.9 million over a period of three-and-a-half years. Boerman, who owned Brentwood Eye Care, submitted false claims to Medicare for new wound care products she had not actually purchased or used. She split wound care products intended for…
San Diego Teacher, Maria Elena Garcia, Medicare Fraud, California 2018
⏱ 3 min read A San Diego teacher’s alleged scheme to scam Medicare has landed her in hot water. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub, a former teacher, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to launder millions of dollars in health care fraud proceeds. The scam involved billing Medicare nearly $51 million for bogus prescriptions and was paid…
Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, Medicare Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless Medicare scam that bilked the system for $11.4 million has landed a Florida nursing assistant a 9-year prison sentence. Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, 45, of Pompano Beach, operated a durable medical equipment supplier in Florida that submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Cruz paid kickbacks and…
Dr. Maria Rodriguez, Medicare Fraud, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Jitesh Patel and his clinic, Advanced Urology, are paying $14 million to settle allegations of billing federal healthcare programs for unnecessary medical procedures in Atlanta, Georgia. The scheme involved submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for urological and diagnostic procedures that were not performed or were medically unnecessary. The…
Valinda R. Nwadike, Medicare Fraud, Maryland 2018
⏱ 2 min read Valinda R. Nwadike, a Maryland gynecologist, has agreed to pay $507,500 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The scheme, which took place from November 1, 2014, through January 1, 2018, involved Nwadike creating and signing thousands of fraudulent prescriptions for compounded drugs and durable medical equipment, such as…
Kenia Valle Boza, Medicare Fraud Scheme, Florida 2023
Former executive charged in multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. Learn about the allegations, charges, and potential penalties. Discover more at Grimy Times.
Claribel Tan, Medicare Fraud, Anchorage AK, 2023
Anchorage rheumatologist Claribel Tan, 61, will spend the next six and a half years in federal prison after admitting to a brazen, fifteen-year scheme that defrauded insurance companies out of $12.5 million. The scheme wasn’t a momentary lapse in judgment; it was a calculated, prolonged effort to line her pockets at the expense of vulnerable…
Irina Segal, Medicare Fraud, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal, owner of Segal Arts in Bucks County, PA, is paying up $200,000 to resolve allegations of a cold-hearted Medicare scam. Prosecutors say Segal billed the program for individual occupational therapy sessions, but was actually running group art classes at assisted living facilities across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The scheme…
Michael Glickert, Medicare Fraud, Missouri 2018
⏱ 3 min read Chiropractor Michael Glickert of St. Louis and emergency room physician Joseph Novof are facing federal charges after allegedly fleecing Medicare out of millions. The pair, operating clinics nationwide since late 2018, pushed unapproved electrical nerve stimulation using a device called Sanexas neoGEN, paired with medically unnecessary vitamin injections, then billed the…
