Monthly Archives: February 2021
Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Healthcare Fraud and Tax Fraud
Anyone who has ever received a medical bill has noticed that the math that goes into calculating how much patients and insurance companies are responsible for paying is perplexing. It is unsurprising then, that some healthcare fraud scams go on for years before anyone gets caught. In some healthcare fraud cases, doctors bill insurance… Read More »
Jury Finds New Kensington Man Not Guilty of Drug Delivery Resulting in Death
You can probably think of a few movies where the climactic scene involves a jury finding someone not guilty at trial, but only a small percentage of criminal cases result in acquittals. Most cases result either in guilty pleas, sometimes involving a reduction of charges, or else in the charges getting dropped. This means… Read More »
Participants in Pittsburgh Home Health Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced to Probation and Home Detention
Almost everyone has received medical care at some point in their lives, but how many people truly understand how billing for medical services works? On the one hand, you might think you have paid your bill for an emergency room visit, only to get surprise bills in the hundreds of thousands of dollars because… Read More »
What Biden’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Means for Criminal Justice Reform
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects people convicted of crimes against cruel and unusual punishment, but it does not define cruel and unusual punishment in any detail. While long prison sentences, even for non-violent crimes, are hardly unusual in Pennsylvania and other states, some of the justifications for imposing these sentences… Read More »