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Every health care enforcement release from the Department of Justice and the HHS Office of Inspector General, including state attorneys general and Medicaid fraud control units, fetched daily and read into the same schema the detectors use. Each one links to the providers it names when the match is certain, and the newest is dated October 29, 2024. These are public records of charges, pleas, sentences and settlements, not findings by Verity.

DOJCivil settlementOct 29, 2024ID

Boise Health Care Company and Former Therapist Resolve Fraudulent Psychotherapy Billing Allegations Involving Vulnerable Refugee Population

KA Health Services and its owner paid $321,576.51 to resolve allegations they submitted false Medicaid claims for psychotherapy, language interpretation, and other services that were never provided or not provided by a qualified professional, and a former counselor consented to a $40,000 judgment after admitting she directed unqualified interpreters to meet with refugee clients and signed false medical records.

$362K orderedMedicaid2 providers in Verity
DOJCivil settlementApr 3, 2024ID

Pocatello Doctor Pays $96,000 to Settle Allegations That He Wrote Unlawful Prescriptions

The government alleged that Knouf wrote prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose and/or were issued outside the usual course of professional practice, prescribed dangerous combinations of drugs, and billed Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not performed.

$96K orderedMedicare, Medicaid
DOJCivil judgmentJan 17, 2024ID

AmeriHealth Clinics Consent to a $2 Million Judgment to Resolve Healthcare Fraud Allegations

AmeriHealth and its owners hired vulnerable, compromised, and inexperienced medical staff who were pressured into providing unnecessary and worthless care, resulting in false claims to federal health care programs, and also allegedly pressured practitioners to prescribe controlled substances, entered a kickback scheme with a third-party laboratory, and falsely certified information to obtain PPP loan forgiveness.

$2.0M orderedMedicare, Medicaid, TRICARE
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