Telemedicine Fraud News and Resources for Healthcare

Former Doc Receives Prison Sentence for Telehealth Prescribing Scheme

March 6, 2024 - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has sentenced a former physician to 37 months in federal prison for illegally prescribing medications, including opioid-based drugs, during telehealth sessions. The physician, Raphael Tomas Malikian, owned and operated Happy Family Medicine, a clinic that offered...

Telehealth Companies Face Repercussions for Medicare Fraud Scheme

July 27, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

The owner of Conclave Media (Conclave) and Nationwide Health Advocates (Nationwide) pleaded guilty to a telehealth fraud scheme that involved ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment...

DOJ Charges 11 People in Telehealth Fraud Schemes Worth $2B

June 28, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal and state law enforcement partners are charging 11 people in connection with telehealth fraud schemes that resulted in more than $2 billion in...

HHS-OIG Releases Toolkit for Assessing Telehealth Billing Risks

May 02, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

A newly released federal toolkit aims to help healthcare stakeholders analyze their telehealth claims data to assess program integrity risks. Released last week by the US Department of Health and...

Watchdog: Federal Healthcare Programs Vulnerable to Telehealth Billing Risks

December 06, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

As telehealth use exploded across healthcare programs provided by federal agencies, a report by a watchdog committee shows several program integrity risks linked to telehealth billing, including...