Prescription Drug Fraud

September 2005

In Ohio, a woman was sentenced to 22 months in jail, suspended, for her scheme to obtain prescription drugs. While working at a dental office, the woman accessed protected patient information and subsequently used the information to phone in prescriptions to area pharmacies. She called in prescriptions in her name as well as the names of Medicaid recipients.

Durable Medical Equipment

September 2005

In Texas, the owner of a durable medical equipment company was ordered to pay $546,000 in restitution for billing Medicare for power wheelchairs that were either not provided or were not medically necessary.

Practitioners

September 2005

In Virginia, a psychologist was ordered to pay $11,000 in fines and restitution for health care fraud. The psychologist submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for neuropsychological evaluations and testing on nursing home patients. Many of the claims submitted were for dates of service when the psychologist was out of town.

Child Support Enforcement

September 2005

In South Dakota, a man was sentenced to 21 months in prison, 1 year supervised release and ordered to pay $33,600 in restitution for failure to pay child support. In 1995, the man was ordered to pay $300 a month; he failed to pay any support since 2002.