Posts Tagged ‘Alabama’
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Alabama Physician Files Duplicate Claims for Maximum Reimbursement
A $1.4 million settlement ended a year-long suit which alleged that an Alabama physician repeatedly filed false claims to Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE, often for procedures that were medically unnecessary. James Crumb, the Mobile-based practitioner who specialized in Mobility Metabolism and Wellness, was found to have filed up to thirty identical false claims for a […]
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When Family Ties Lead to Corruption: A Story of Fraud
In a twisted example of “family bonding,” a mother-and-son team were found to have together violated the False Claims Act by submitting over $25.2 million in claims to Medicare over the course of six years, the majority of which were discovered to be fraudulent. From 2009 to 2015, the pair committed large-scale Medicare fraud through […]