False Claims / Whistleblowers
September 4, 2015
Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories have agreed to pay $1.79 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced last week.
This settlement resolves allegations that Quest...
August 14, 2015
Mercy Health Springfield Communities and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, formerly St. John’s Health System and St. John’s Clinic, respectively, have agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday...
August 20, 2015
U.S. Investigations Services (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity, have agreed to forego collection on $30 million worth of payments supposedly owed by the federal government in order to resolve allegations that USIS knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
USIS provided background investigations...
September 1, 2015
Pediatric Services of America and related entities (collectively, “PSA”) have agreed to pay $6.88 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced...
August 12, 2015
PC Specialists Inc., dba Technology Integration Group (TIG) has agreed to pay $5.9 in order to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government for computers sold to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use at Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced...
July 30, 2015
California-based NuVasive Inc. has agreed to pay $13.5 to the United States federal government in order to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
The United States alleged that between 2008 and 2013, NuVasive promoted the use of the...
July 17, 2015
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy has agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the government, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced earlier this week.
The government had alleged that Blanding sought reimbursement for compounding...
July 1, 2014
A federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last week that the U.S. Justice Department may proceed with its False Claims Act lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, alleging that the cyclist defrauded the government when he accepted sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service while taking performance-enhancing drugs, The Wall...
September 17, 2014
Maryland-based Episcopal Ministries to the Aging Inc. (EMA) has agreed to pay $1.3 million to the federal government to settle allegations that the nonprofit knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unreasonable or unnecessary rehabilitation therapy provided by one of its subsidiaries, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this...
July 10, 2015
Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., and other related entities with home offices in Dothan, Ala. have agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of South Carolina announced yesterday.
The...
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