From a New Jersey physician getting prison his role to a fraud scheme that targeted Amtrak to a former NBA player sentenced to prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the league's healthcare plan, here are eight healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since May 6:
1. A Michigan physician was convicted of one count of healthcare fraud and five counts of false statements relating to healthcare matters for her role in a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.
2. A Connecticut psychologist will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million.
3. A Kentucky physician was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $14 million fraud and kickback scheme.
4. Former NBA player Glen "Big Baby" Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the league's healthcare plan out of $5 million.
5. The owner and sole physician of a medical clinic in Bellflower, Calif., pleaded guilty to a scheme that submitted more than $4.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal.
6. A Florida lab owner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for three fraud schemes, including a conspiracy involving $25 million in fraudulent Medicare claims submitted by Ellwood City (Pa.) Medical Center.
7. A New Jersey physician was sentenced to 26 months in prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that targeted Amtrak.
8. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health agreed to pay $1.5 million to address accusations of breaching the False Claims Act.