On May 6, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a California physician practice and its owner physician agreed to pay more than $6.73 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting false claims for medically unnecessary vascular intervention procedures on Medicare beneficiaries. According to the press release, […]
Read MoreOn May 1, 2026, the DOJ announced that Modern Nuclear Inc., a California-based provider of mobile positron emission tomography (“PET”) scans agreed to pay over $8.3 million, plus additional amounts tied to future revenues, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying unlawful kickbacks to referring cardiologists. MNI allegedly paid […]
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While much of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement has shifted away from white collar to other areas such as immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime, the Trump DOJ has made clear that it will continue to prioritize enforcement under the False Claims Act (FCA), using both traditional theories of liability and some that are […]
Read MoreThe DOJ announced that Dr. Rolando Chin, a Panamanian surgeon, pleaded guilty to charges of fraud against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). According to the DOJ, Dr. Chin and other Panamanian medical professionals and pharmacies were found to have submitted false and inflated claims to the VA’s Foreign Medical Program (FMP). The FMP […]
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