Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since July 23:
1. An Ohio physician was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare and Tricare out of more than $14.6 million.
2. A licensed professional counselor in Connecticut pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million.
3. For nearly $225,000, the owner of a durable medical equipment company settled allegations concerning a Medicare kickback scheme.
4. A Lexington, Ky., physician was sentenced to two years in prison and was stripped of his license for his involvement in a $14 million kickback scheme.
5. Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, agreed to pay $19.43 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home knowingly submitted false claims and retained overpayments for patients who were ineligible to receive Medicare or Medicaid hospice benefits.
6. Erlanger Health System is facing a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Stark Law by overpaying physicians who improperly referred patients to the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based system.
7. A physician who worked for two Pasadena, Calif., hospices pleaded guilty to his role in a fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $3 million.
8. Two Texas behavioral health providers will pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to Medicare.
9. A Louisiana physician was convicted for conspiring to illegally distribute more than 1.8 million opioids and defrauding healthcare benefit programs of more than $5.4 million.
10. The part owner and operator of a home health company was convicted for her role in a $100 million Medicaid fraud scheme.