False Claims / Whistleblowers
June 7, 2016
Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC have agreed to collectively pay $67 to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva in treating non-small cell lung cancer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday....
June 2, 2016
The federal government has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc. and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, alleging that Prime knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by improperly admitting patients, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The lawsuit alleges that Dr. Reddy directed the corporate practice of...
May 25, 2016
The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Guild Mortgage Company, alleging that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. Department of Justice...
May 20, 2016
M&T Bank Corp. has agreed to pay the United States $64 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by originating and underwriting mortgage loans that did not meet applicable requirements, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
During the time period covered by the settlement, M...
May 10, 2016
Hollister Inc., a manufacturer of disposable health care products, and Byram Healthcare Centers Inc., a supplier of medical products, have to agreed to collectively pay $20.9 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated anti-kickback legislation that resulted in the submission of false claims to California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, the U.S. Department of...
May 3, 2016
California-based Z Gallerie has agreed to pay the federal government $15 million to settle allegations that the upscale furniture retailer knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims when it evaded customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The...
April 29, 2016
Pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and Pfizer Inc. have agreed to pay $784.6 million to resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection to two of its proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs, Protonix Oral and Protonix IV, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. Pfizer, which is headquartered in New York...
March 29, 2016
Kilgore Flares Company and subcontractor ESM Group Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $8 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by selling defective infrared countermeasure flares to the U.S. Army and evading customs duties, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Tennessee-...
March 25, 2016
Respironics Inc. has agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve allegations that the company 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.
The United States alleged that Respironics violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by providing free...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
March 22, 2016
Bard College has agreed to pay $4 million in order to resolve allegations that the college violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with the conditions of federal grant money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced earlier this month.
Bard College, a nonprofit institution with its main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York...
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