False Claims / Whistleblowers
February 11, 2015
Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $2.8 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs in connection to a medical procedure known as “SubQ Stimulation,” the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The United States alleged that Medtronic...
February 9, 2015
Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and its related entities has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that Good Shepherd knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for hospice patients who were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last Friday. Good Shepherd provides hospice services in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas,...
February 6, 2015
ev3, Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient admissions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The United States alleged that Fox Hollow knowingly caused 12 hospitals located...
January 30, 2015
Composite Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced on Monday.
The contract at issue was a firm fixed-price...
January 26, 2015
Florida-based Associates in Dermatology and its owner, Dr. Michael Steppie, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that the practice knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for unnecessary medical procedures that were, in some cases, allegedly performed by unlicensed, uncredentialed, and unsupervised employees,...
January 21, 2015
Office Depot has agreed to pay $68.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to California government entities for office supplies, Corporate Crime Reporter reported last week.
The California entities were participants in the U.S. Communities purchasing program and thus guaranteed to receive Office Depot...
January 13, 2015
Ansun Biopharma, Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to the United States to settle charge and allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced last week.
Ansun Biopharma, Inc., formerly known as NexBio, Inc., is...
January 9, 2015
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. has agreed to pay $39 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Daiichi Sankyo allegedly paid kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe Daiichi drugs,...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
December 19, 2014
Iron Mountain has agreed to pay $44.5 million to settle allegations that the company overcharged federal agencies for record storage services under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
This settlement relates to contracts under which Iron Mountain provided record storage services to government entities through GSA...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
January 5, 2015
The federal government has intervened in two lawsuits against Florida cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar and his physician group, the Institute for Cardiovascular Excellence PLLC (ICE), alleging that Qamar and ICE knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary medical procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today....
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