St. Agnes Healthcare will pay nearly $123,000 to settle allegations it sent false claims to Medicare to get a higher reimbursement rate for evaluation and management services, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland announced Wednesday. Prosecutors alleged that a specialty practice with ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $50,000 settlement with a man who was assaulted by a police officer while two others did not intervene. Kollin Truss filed suit in 2014 and Officer Vincent Cosom ...

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The Baltimore Board of Estimates approved a $60,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who accused city police of placing him in a chokehold and detaining him without cause in 2014. Albert Smith filed suit in Baltimore City Circuit Court last ...

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Sinclair Broadcast Group has reached a settlement in a copyright lawsuit with the consulting firm it used to handle fashion “emergencies” at its TV news stations several years ago. Court records show Hunt Valley-based Sinclair reached an agreement with Colour ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates on Wednesday is set to approve a $57,500 settlement with a man who was incarcerated for nearly two years before federal drug and weapons charges against him were dropped. Devin Jones was arrested based ...

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A Hagerstown-based drug and alcohol treatment provider will pay $375,000 to the state to settle allegations it committed Medicaid fraud by employing a prohibited person and deceiving state regulators. Wells House Inc. employed a person on the federal List of Excluded ...

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A Frederick County doctor is paying the state $450,000 to settle allegations that she engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme to increase profits, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced Tuesday. The state alleged Sabiha Mohiuddin, a primary care physician who ...

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Veteran photographer and video producer Mannie Garcia has reached a settlement in  a First Amendment lawsuit against Montgomery County and county police officers. Garcia, a credentialed member of the White House press corps for two decades, filed suit alleging he ...

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A Germantown couple has reached a $2 million settlement with a Florida man for injuries they suffered in a motorcycle accident two years ago. Vernon and Loretta Robinson were riding their Harley Davidson northbound on Route 219 in Garrett County ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve Wednesday a $300,000 settlement with the family of a man who died in police custody in 2012 after police say he ingested narcotics. The proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit ...

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