False Claims / Whistleblowers
June 24, 2015
Maryland-based Education Affiliates has agreed to pay $13 million to the federal government to resolve allegations knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. EA is a for-profit education company that operates 50 campuses in the United States under various trade names,...
June 15, 2015
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and state Medicaid programs, the U.S. Department of Justice...
June 17, 2015
Florida-based Hebrew Homes Health Network and its former president and executive director William Zubkoff have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Hebrew Homes provided skilled nursing services at seven rehabilitation and...
June 1, 2015
New Jersey-based Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. (“Garden State”), which owns and operates several facilities in New Jersey under the names NJ Medcare/NJ Heart, has agreed to pay over $3.6 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for tests that were not medically...
May 29, 2015
Orbit Medical Inc. and Rehab Medical Inc. have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for power wheelchairs and accessories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Medicare pays for power wheelchairs for beneficiaries who cannot...
May 22, 2015
Missouri-based Medco Health Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Express Scripts Holding Company, based agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. Medco...
May 20, 2015
United Parcel Service (UPS) has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air packages, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
UPS provides delivery services to hundreds of federal agencies through contracts with the U.S...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, United Parcel Service, UPS, Whistleblower awards
May 15, 2015
PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay $31.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for improperly dispensed drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
PharMerica is a long-term care pharmacy that dispenses medications to residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing...
May 8, 2015
Sixteen separate hospitals and their corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
This case concerns claims to Medicare for Intensive...
May 13, 2015
Nine Jacksonville, Fla. hospitals and one ambulance company have agreed to collectively pay $7.5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced last week.
After a multiple-year investigation, the United States...
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