January 21, 2025
A former North Carolina ear, nose and throat doctor staring down 25 years in prison for healthcare fraud lost an appeal Tuesday seeking to overturn her conviction, with the Fourth Circuit finding that the lower court did not commit any reversible error that would favor a shot at redemption.
December 21, 2023
A newly elected Republican majority on North Carolina's Supreme Court came out swinging early in 2023, overturning a decision by the previous year's liberal regime that held the state's election maps were gerrymandered and unconstitutional.
September 19, 2023
A North Carolina ear, nose and throat doctor is fighting her 25-year sentence and an order that she pay back nearly $6 million after being convicted of defrauding Medicare by reusing single-use medical devices, according to an appeal notice filed Monday.
September 11, 2023
A North Carolina ears, nose, and throat doctor who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for health care fraud is also on the hook for almost $6 million in restitution for reusing single-use medical devices and falsifying documents to justify nearly $46 million in Medicare billing.
June 19, 2023
A North Carolina doctor has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for reusing single-use medical devices and for falsifying medical records in an attempt to justify billing $46 million to Medicare auditors, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Friday.