Palmdale doc insists on innocence in illegal kickback scheme fed case
A Palmdale physician pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of receiving illegal kickbacks in…
Drug, booze rehab center owner accused of medical insurance fraud
The owner of a drug and alcohol rehab center in Murrieta accused of filing fraudulent…
Unneeded skin cancer surgeries, Medicare payouts: Encino doc settles, whistleblower gets big bucks
An Encino dermatologist paid almost $2.7 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that…
UCLA: Public funds make up two-thirds of health care spending
Contrary to the notion that the country’s health care is primarily a privately funded system,…
Ex-doctor gets four years in $1.3 million hospice scheme
A former doctor from Pasadena was sentenced Monday to four years behind bars for falsely…
Docs targeted military in health fraud: Southland physicians charged
Several doctors were among defendants charged in Los Angeles and Orange County with participation in…
Medicare millionaire fraud: 8 years in prison as ‘dying’ patients were just fine
A 70-year-old Placentia woman was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for running a…
Prison for Medicare power-wheelchair $1.8M scam
A San Fernando Valley resident who submitted more than $1.8 million in fraudulent claims to…
Shocked when asked if you want senior discount? LA readies for old age
You may be shocked when asked if you want a senior discount, but here’s the…
Doctors guilty in $9M Covina healthcare fraud scheme
Two Southland doctors were found guilty Thursday of federal health care fraud charges for falsely certifying…
Valencia doctor to plead guilty in $6.5M Medicare fraud scheme
A Valencia doctor is expected to plead guilty Thursday to health care fraud stemming from a…
Ex-pharmacy owner pleads guilty in Operation Psyched Out scam
The former co-owner of a now-shuttered San Marino pharmacy at the center of an $18…
Ex-doctor in $20M Medicare fraud ring gets 9 years in fed prison
A former doctor who took money to let his name be used thousands of times…
Placentia woman pleads guilty in $9M healthcare fraud scheme
An imprisoned Placentia woman who ran a hospice that submitted millions of dollars in fraudulent…
