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Unbelievable - Beware of Scammers and Cheats! 3VA OIG #disability #benefits Investigation Uncovers $10 Million Medicare Loss Publish Date March 4, 2024 Category: CHAMPVA and Other Healthcare Fraud (VHA) District: New Jersey Teaser Content Adam Wayne Owens of Riverside, California, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. Owens owned and operated multiple marketing companies through which he and his conspirators identified and targeted elderly patients for at-home cancer genetic testing. From November 2018 to January 2020, he and his conspirators sent unwanted and unnecessary testing kits to beneficiaries, and when the tests were returned, Owens submitted the claims for reimbursement to Medicare. In exchange, his companies received kickback payments ranging from $1,700 to $2,000 for each test resulting in Medicare reimbursement. Owens and his conspirators allegedly caused a loss of approximately $10 million to Medicare. The VA OIG, FBI, HHS OIG, and DOD OIG, Defense Criminal Investigative Service investigated this case. Opioid Manufacturer Agrees to Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations Publish Date March 1, 2024 Category: CHAMPVA and Other Healthcare Fraud (VHA) District: Michigan, Eastern Teaser Content Endo Health Solutions Inc. (EHSI) has agreed to resolve criminal and civil investigations related to the company’s sales and marketing of the opioid drug Opana ER with INTAC. EHSI agreed to plead guilty in federal court to a one-count misdemeanor information, charging it with violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. The criminal resolution includes the second-largest set of criminal financial penalties ever levied against a pharmaceutical company, including a criminal fine of $1.086 billion and an additional $450 million in criminal forfeiture. The loss to VA was .

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