False Claims / Whistleblowers
July 8, 2015
AstraZeneca and Cephalon have agreed to pay $46.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively, to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Pursuant to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, drug manufacturers are required to...
July 6, 2015
LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, have agreed to pay $7.8 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, the U.S....
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
June 30, 2015
VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation have agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. VMware is a Delaware corporation that specializes in computer virtualization software and has its principal place of...
June 26, 2015
DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., the largest provider of dialysis services in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million 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 earlier this week.
This civil settlement resolves allegations brought in a...
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...
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