2004 Press Releases
December 22, 2004
Podiatrist Admits to Conspiracy
James Naples, co-owner of New Boston General Hospital (NBGH) in Texarcana, admits to conspiring to obstruct justice with respect to Grand Jury investigation of NBGH and his own activities.
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October 22, 2004
Owner of Quality Therapy Service Sentenced to Prison Term
U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby announces Monroe Saulter, 45, owner and President of Quality Therapy Services (QTS), sentenced to 12-month and 1-day term in federal prison for engaging in scheme to defraud Medicare of $500,000.
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October 12, 2004
IntegriGuard Awarded Federal Designation as Qualified Independent Contractor
As one of eight companies to receive this highly sought after new designation, IntegriGuard is now eligible to competitively bid
on Medicare claim reconsideration review work.
September 8, 2004
Augustine Medical Sentenced to Fine $5,249,910
Case indicted in Sourthern District of Illinois but transferred to Minnesota.
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August 31, 2004
IntegriGuard Awarded National Oversight of Medicare
Prescription Drug Discount Card - Transitional Assistance Program (PDDC-TAP)
IG wins CMS national contract to oversee Medicare's Prescription Drug Discount Card-Transitional Assistance Program (PDDC-TAP) on a national level.
August 27, 2004
CMS Strengthens Efforts to Reduce Fraud and Abuse in Medicare, Medicaid
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. today announced a new CMS initiative and a proposed regulation to protect the nation's largest federal health programs from fraud and abuse and further reduce improper payments through the use of enhanced electronic tools now available. (print pdf)
August 18, 2004
Downey Regional Medical Center Pays $2.22 Million to the United States to Resolve Medicare Allegations
Downey Regional Medical Center, a 200-bed hospital located in Downey, California, pays U.S. more than $2.2 million to resolve allegations that the hospital submitted false claims to Medicare.
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July 1, 2004
SW Management Pays United States $546,290
Illinois-based SW Management, manager of numerous nursing homes throughout the State of Illinois, pays U.S. $546,290 to settle allegations concerning SW Management's Medicare billing practices.
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June 30, 2004
Medicare Reimbursement Consultant to Augustine Medical Inc.
Charged with
Healthcare Fraud
Phillip Zarlengo, d.b.a. "Strategic Reimbursement," out of Denver, Colorado pleads guilty to the crime of healthcare fraud.
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May 7, 2004
Owner of Quality Therapy Service Convicted of Scheming to Defraud Medicare
Saulter, 45, the owner and president of Quality Therapy Services (QTS), was convicted of engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $500,000.
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April 15, 2004
St. Luke's Subacute Hospital and Nursing Center and its CEO, Guy Roland Seaton, Sentenced
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel sentenced Seaton to 78 months imprisonment, three (3) years supervised release and a $600 special assessment. St. Luke's sentenced to five (5) years probation. Both Seaton and St. Luke's ordered to pay restitution as determined by CMS.
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April 6, 2004
Richard B. White and Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud, Money Laundering, and Wire Fraud
White part of conspiracy and scheme to defraud government by creating network of Medicare provider companies associated with Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital.
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April 1, 2004
A
Year of Success in the Midwest
IntegriGuard, LLC celebrates its first year with exceptional results and dynamic growth.
March 30, 2004
DaVarona Sentenced to Prison
Five Florida clinics, operated by Raul Sanches DeVarona, part of network to benefit Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital. Also produced profits through inflated costs charged to Medicare.
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March 24, 2004
Tenet Healthcare to Pay U.S. $22.5 Million for Improperly Billing Medicare
Tenet Healthcare Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $22.5 million to resolve allegations that one of its facilities improperly billed Medicare for millions of dollars for referrals provided by doctors with whom the hospital had prohibited financial arrangements. (print pdf)
March 11, 2004
East Texas Healthcare Arrests
A group of six Texarkana podiatrists, and a registered nurse have been indicted on charges of federal racketeering and healthcare fraud. Additional obstruction of justice charges have been filed against one of the podiatrists and two of his assistants.
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February 2, 2004
Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital and Estate of Former CEO Pay $4.1 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital in Norwalk and the estate of the former chief executive have agreed to pay the United States more than $4.1 million to resolve allegations that Coast Plaza and the former CEO defrauded the federal Medicare program, the taxpayer-funded healthcare insurance program for many of the nation's elderly and disabled.
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January 28, 2004
IntegriGuard Establishes New Headquarters; Launches New Logo and Web Site
Medicare Program Safeguard Contractor better positioned for success and growth.
January 7, 2004
United States Obtains Record-Setting $54,000,000 Recovery Against Tenet Healthcare Corporation
United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that his office has recovered a record-setting $54,000,000 against Redding Medical Center (RMC), Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Tenet HealthSystems Hospitals, Inc. (hereafter collectively "Defendants"). The settlement is part of an on-going criminal and civil investigation of alleged unnecessary cardiac procedures and surgeries (hereafter collectively "cardiac procedures") at RMC.
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