Mark Hernandez, a psychiatrist based in Miami, Florida; Peter Port, owner of Safe Haven Recovery Inc.; Brian Dublynn, Vice President of Safe Haven Recovery; and medical marketer Jennifer Sanford were sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, on October 23, 2023, for conspiracy and other charges related to health care fraud. Hernandez was sentenced to 52 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; Port was sentenced to 108 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; Dublynn was sentenced to 42 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; and Sanford was sentenced to time served and 3 years’ probation.The defendants conspired to defraud private health companies by causing Safe Haven, a substance abuse treatment facility in Miami, along with several clinical laboratories, to submit false and fraudulent claims to health insurance plans for addiction treatment services that were not provided as billed and laboratory tests that were not medically necessary. As a result of the scheme, Amtrak’s insurance providers were billed approximately $86,130.
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| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | Four Defendants Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Investigation | Investigation |
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| Department of Commerce | The Bureaus Are Resolving Single Audit Findings, but the Department and Bureaus Need to Update Their Single Audit Resolution Policies | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | Single Audit of Catholic Relief Services-United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Affiliates for the Year Ended September 30, 2019 | Other |
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| U.S. Agency for International Development | Performance Audit of Incurred Costs for John Snow, Inc. for Fiscal Year Ended 2016 | Other |
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission | Management-Alert-24-M-01 | Other | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of the Treasury | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Audit of the United States Mint's Schedules of Custodial Deep Storage Gold and Silver Reserves as of September 30, 2023 and 2022 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Postal Service | Serving America: Contract Postal Unit and Village Post Office Operations | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of the Interior | Contractor Wrongfully Obtained Over $10 Million in Buy Indian Act Contracts from BIA and BIE | Investigation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Health & Human Services | States Face Ongoing Challenges in Meeting Third Party Liability Requirements for Ensuring That Medicaid Functions as the Payer of Last Resort | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | DOJ Press Release: Loan Brokers and Bank Loan Officer Sentenced for Bank Fraud Scheme | Investigation |
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