Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Dec. 27: 1. A Texas physician was sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing the submission of more than $70 million in ...

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center, formerly known as Chesapeake Regional Hospital, has been indicted for healthcare fraud and conspiracy, accused of allowing Javaid Perwaiz, MD, to perform ...

A former member of the Virginia Board of Medicine was surprised to learn of allegations that a whistleblower was reprimanded by Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, as ...

On January 8, 2025, a federal grand jury in Virginia returned an indictment against a hospital. This rare criminal event in healthcare alleges ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A federal grand jury indicted Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) on Wednesday with charges of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government, related to its ...

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Chesapeake hospital on charges accusing the facility of health care fraud and conspiracy relating to unnecessary surgeries performed by one of its former ...

The indictment alleges that Chesapeake Regional Medical Center granted privileges to Dr ... In 1995, Perwaiz was indicted on six counts of felony tax fraud. He pled guilty to two counts, and ...

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Norfolk, Va. , is facing federal criminal charges related to unnecessary surgeries performed by a physician who was convicted of 52 federal counts in 2020.

A Virginia hospital has been indicted on federal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a "horrifying scheme" to profit from unnecessary hysterectomies and other surgeries performed by a ...