Tag: malpractice insur

Nurse, Three Doctors Nabbed in $7.3M Medicare Fraud Sting

A Michigan nurse practitioner pled guilty and three doctors settled civil suits as part of a Medicare fraud sting dubbed Operation Happy Clickers. The medical professionals illegally signed off on orders for unnecessary medical braces and cancer genetic testing promoted by telemarketers. The series of criminal and civil actions were part of an ongoing national

Ob/gyn Sentenced to 59 Years for Unnecessary Surgeries, Fraud

A federal judge sentenced Javaid Perwaiz, MD, to 59 years in prison for healthcare fraud and performing unnecessary gynecologic and obstetrical procedures, including sterilizations without patients’ consent. Judge Rebecca Smith of the US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, handed down the sentence, telling the physician, “This [was] an overwhelming amount of fraud at every