False Claims / Whistleblowers

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...
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...
May 1, 2015
The federal government has intervened in three False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare, alleging that ManorCare knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare and TRICARE for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the U.S....
April 29, 2015
Texas-based Citizens Medical Center has agreed to pay the U.S. federal government $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The settlement resolved allegations that the hospital provided compensation to several...
April 24, 2015
Family Dermatology P.C., which owns and operates a dermatopathology lab and a number of dermatology practices, has agreed to pay $3.2 million plus interest to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with a number of its employed physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The...
April 10, 2015
Virginia-based Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. (HDL) and California-based Singulex Inc. have agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying remuneration to physicians in exchange for patient referrals and billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing, the...
March 25, 2015
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal crop insurance program and falsified documents, the Justice Department announced earlier this week.  Fireman’s Fund, an...
March 20, 2015
Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (Adventist) has agreed to pay $5.4 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare and TRICARE by providing radiation oncology services to beneficiaries that were not properly supervised, the U.S. Department of Justice...