Enforcement, updated every day.
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 March 27, 2026. These are public records of charges, pleas, sentences and settlements, not findings by Verity.
Local Physician Sentenced to 1 Year Imprisonment, a $60,000 fine, and Restitution of $349,272.79 for Adulterating and Misbranding Medical Devices with the Intent to Defraud
Haeger purchased over 500 used and recalled CPAP and BiPAP devices, had the sound abatement foam removed outside clean room conditions, provided the devices to Washington State Medicaid patients through his sleep clinic, and billed Medicaid representing them as new devices in good working order.
DOJ and Seattle-based FidaLab, LLC settle allegations it inflated bills to government health care programs
FidaLab billed Medicare for a series of urinary tract infection tests under multiple billing codes instead of a single code after its request to bill the tests as a panel was denied.
Local Physician Pleads Guilty to Adulterating and Misbranding Medical Devices with the Intent to Defraud
Physician purchased over 500 used and recalled CPAP and BiPAP devices, had the sound abatement foam removed outside of clean room conditions, provided the devices to Washington State Medicaid patients, and had staff bill Medicaid representing them as new devices in good working order.
Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose
Between 2017 and 2025 a licensed physician issued over 1,400 prescriptions for controlled substances to thirteen identified patients that lacked legitimate medical purposes or were outside the usual course of professional practice, failing to address red flags of substance abuse.
Indian national sentenced to prison for Medicare fraud scheme that stole more than $1 million in taxpayer funds
Asif conspired with others to bill Medicare for COVID-19 tests and other respiratory illness tests that had not been ordered or performed through American Labworks LLC.
Tri-Cities Urgent Care Clinic Agrees to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling for Diagnostic Tests
Health First Urgent Care allegedly unbundled PCR respiratory and urinary tract infection panel tests and billed for each individual test, and billed for more expensive panel tests that were not medically necessary.
Coeur d’Alene Physician Found Guilty in Telemarketing Medicare Fraud Conspiracy
A physician signed false and fraudulent orders for genetic tests and durable medical equipment braces for Medicare beneficiaries he never contacted, using prescriptions generated by a telemarketing company that sold them to labs and DME companies that billed Medicare.
Tri-Cities Urgent Care Clinic Agrees to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling for Diagnostic Tests
Health First Urgent Care allegedly unbundled PCR respiratory and urinary tract infection panel tests and billed for each individual test, and billed for more expensive panel tests that were not medically necessary, resulting in overbilling to Medicare and Medicaid.
Largest ever nationwide healthcare fraud takedown includes two cases from Western Washington
Pinnacle Health PC billed Medicare and Tricare for an injectable form of an amniotic fluid product called FlowerAmnioFlo that was considered experimental and not approved for any diagnosis, and an anesthesiology resident was charged by complaint with obtaining controlled substances by fraud after diverting fentanyl, hydromorphone, and other medications for his own use while working at Seattle hospitals.
Indian citizen charged in multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme
Asif is alleged to have conspired with others to bill Medicare more than $8.7 million for COVID-19 and other respiratory illness tests through American Labworks LLC that had not been ordered or performed.
U.S. Attorney’s Office Commitment to Protecting Patients and Consumers from Health Care Fraud Leads to Exponential Growth in Prosecutions
The U.S. Attorney's Office summarized multiple health care fraud matters, including a $29 million Lincare settlement for overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage for oxygen equipment, kickback and medically unnecessary durable medical equipment resolutions, a staged-accident insurance fraud guilty plea, and a complaint against MultiCare Health System for billing spinal surgery procedures.
Washington doctor settles allegations he submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs
In connection with his work for a purported telemedicine company known as REMN, Dr. Upton signed durable medical equipment and genetic testing orders for Medicare beneficiaries despite never examining or speaking with the patients or confirming the orders were medically necessary and reasonable.
Owner of Spokane Valley Medical Supply Company Agrees to Pay $224,620 to Resolve Allegations of Health Care Fraud
Leland submitted approximately 400 durable medical equipment claims to Medicare through his company, ordered by doctors who solicited and received kickbacks, for equipment patients did not need.
Ohio Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme that Harmed Medicare and TRICARE Patients in Eastern Washington
Webster signed fake medical records and durable medical equipment orders created by a telemarketing company from beneficiary information obtained by telemarketers, which were sold to companies that billed Medicare and TRICARE, and he also billed for doctor visits and exams that never took place.
Convicted Health Care Fraud defendant sentenced to an additional six-month sentence for failing to report to prison as directed
Reid, co-owner and Vice President of Sales of Northwest Physicians Laboratory, helped the company obtain more than $3.7 million in kickback payments by steering urine drug test specimens to two labs that could bill the government for testing, and then failed to report to prison as directed.
DOJ and Evergreen Treatment Services settle allegations regarding double billing of government health programs
Evergreen Treatment Services knowingly resubmitted bills for drug treatment services that Medicare had already paid, resulting in double billings totaling $726,991.
Richland Physician, Health Care Staffing Company Agree to Pay $700,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from Telemedicine Scheme
A physician signed electronically generated orders for durable medical equipment and genetic laboratory testing for Medicare beneficiaries he never treated or spoke with, and was paid per order through a health care staffing company that placed him with a telemedicine company that billed Medicare.
Doctor Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme Victimizing Medicare and TRICARE Patients in Eastern Washington
A physician signed fraudulent medical records and durable medical equipment orders created by a telemarketing company from beneficiary information, which were sold to companies that billed Medicare and TRICARE, and he also billed for doctor visits and exams that never took place.
Doctor Agrees to Pay $95,000 to Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud
Physician was paid for each durable medical equipment order he signed based on telemarketing call recordings and pre-filled prescriptions from RediDoc LLC, including orders that were not medically necessary and were billed to federal health care programs.
United States and State of Washington File False Claims Act Complaint Against MultiCare for Knowingly Endangering Patients and Fraudulently Billing for Spinal Surgery Procedures
The United States and State of Washington allege MultiCare hired neurosurgeon Jason Dreyer despite knowing of concerns about medically unnecessary surgeries and falsified diagnoses, placed him on incentive compensation, and falsely billed federal health care programs for spinal surgery procedures he performed between July 2019 and March 2021.