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Private Health Care Provider Settles Over Massive Fraud Scheme

David Stern | September 15, 2011, 4:00PM

Maxim Healthcare Services agreed to a wide-ranging Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with federal and state authorities on charges that the company participated in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the Department of Justice announced this week. The criminal complaint against Maxim details how the company allegedly defrauded Medicaid and Veterans Affairs programs through false billings from 2003 to 2009.

As a private health care service provider, Maxim primarily provides home health care services and medical staffing to hospitals and assisted living facilities. As part of the DPA, Maxim signed a Statement of Facts agreeing with the allegations made in the complaint - the text of which suggests the extent of the company's fraud may have affected the quality of care it provided.

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Topics: Department of Justice, Fraud, Health Care, Medicaid, Veterans Affairs

Judge: VA Can't Stop Pastor From Saying 'Jesus Christ' In Prayer

Eric Lach | May 27, 2011, 12:39PM

Houston National Cemetery

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can't keep a pastor from saying "Jesus Christ" in a Memorial Day prayer at Houston National Cemetery, The Houston Chronicle reports.