False Claims / Whistleblowers

June 23, 2014
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology, PLC (EHO) and its owners have agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky...
June 19, 2014
SunTrust Mortgage Inc. has agreed to pay $968 million to resolve False Claims Act violations in connection with mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.  About half, $418 million, resolve SunTrust’s liability; the rest will provide consumer relief for homeowners. SunTrust admitted that...
June 3, 2014
Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $9.9 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company used various types of payments to induce physicians to implant pacemakers and defibrillators manufactured and sold by Medtronic, the Department of Justice announced late last month.  Medtronic manufactures and sells medical products and is...
May 30, 2014
The United States filed a complaint against technology company CA Inc. for violating the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.  CA Inc. manufactures and sells information technology products and is headquartered in New York.  In its complaint, the government alleged that CA knowingly overcharged the government for software licenses and...
May 16, 2014
A lawsuit accusing OneWest Bank FSB, formerly known as IndyMac Bancorp Inc., of knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false claims to a federal mortgage program has been unsealed, Reuters reported.  The U.S. government paid out over $200 million as a result of the alleged fraud. The complaint was filed by Michael Fisher, who worked on modifications for OneWest...
April 22, 2014
Illinois-based Astellas Pharma has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with the drug Mycamine, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The settlement resolves allegations that Astellas knowingly marketed and promoted the sale of Mycamine for pediatric use,...
April 17, 2014
The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical Inc. and its former Vice President Jake Kilgore, alleging that Orbit Medical’s sales representatives boosted power wheelchair and accessory sales by altering and forging physician prescriptions and supporting documentation, the Justice Department announced earlier this week....
May 9, 2014
The United States filed a complaint against for-profit university Stevens-Henager College and its owner, The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, for illegally compensating recruiters, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.  Stevens-Henager operates a chain of for-profit colleges in Idaho and Utah. In its complaint, the government alleged that the college...
May 6, 2014
Florida-based Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement resolves allegations that...
May 1, 2014
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma (MCSO) and its parent, Health Management Associates, Inc., have agreed to pay $1,065,000 to the U.S. and $435,000 to the State of Oklahoma to resolve allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...