Michigan-based healthcare practices Jackson Cardiology Associates (JCA) and Allegiance Health have agreed to pay a total of $4 million to settle allegations that the facilities knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.
JCA owner Dr. Jashu Patel and...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.75 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims under a contract with the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month.
In 2006, GSA awarded a blanket purchase...
North Carolina-based TranS1 Inc., now known as Baxano Surgical Inc., has agreed to pay the U.S. government $6 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The government alleged that TranS1 knowingly caused health...
The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and related entities IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic (IMC), Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. and Infirmary Medical Clinics (DPG), the Department of Justice announced this week.
The lawsuit alleges that IMC, in Mobile, Ala., billed Medicare for...
Fifty-five hospitals located throughout the United States have agreed to pay the U.S. government over $34 million to settle allegations that the facilities knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.
Kyphoplasty is a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat...
Massachusetts-based CyTerra Corporation has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.9 million to settle allegations that CyTerra failed to provide the U.S. Army with accurate, complete, and current cost or pricing data for its products, causing the government to pay more than it should have, the Justice Department announced this week.
In 2003, the U.S. Army awarded CyTerra a...
Ohio-based General Electric Aviation Systems (GEAS) has agreed to pay $6.58 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with contracts made with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. GEAS manufactures and sells integrated systems and components for...
Dr. Alfred Chan, and oncologist in Lakewood, Wash., and his wife Judy Chan have agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle allegations that they defrauded federal health care programs by overbilling for cancer treatment medication, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced last week.
The government alleged that Dr. Chan, with the assistance of his wife, Judy, routinely billed federal...
Connecticut-based United Technologies Corporation has been found liable by a federal court for over $473 million in damages and penalties arising from a contract with the U.S. Air Force for fighter aircraft engines for F-15 and F-16 aircraft between 1985 and 1990, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
United Technologies allegedly proposed prices for the engine...
New York-based Parkshore Home Health Care, dba Renaissance Home Health Care, a home health care services agency, agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it provided unqualified home health aides to home health agencies, who in turn sent these unqualified aides into the homes of Medicaid recipients throughout New York City and then billed the Medicaid program for...
