False Claims / Whistleblowers

January 27, 2016
Coloplast Corp. and Liberator Medical Supply have agreed to pay $3.16 million and $500,000, respectively, to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. The settlement with Coloplast resolves allegations that it paid kickbacks to Byram...
January 25, 2016
Dr. David G. Bostwick, former founder, owner, and chief executive officer of Bostwick Laboratories, has agreed to pay up to $3.75 million to the United States federal government for to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month. The settlement announced today resolves claims that Dr. Bostwick allegedly...
January 8, 2016
Wisconsin-based Novum Structures LLC has agreed to plead guilty and pay $3 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from improper use of foreign materials on construction projects involving federal funds, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Novum specializes in the design and construction of glass space frames often used in roofs and atrium...
January 5, 2016
University Furnishings LP and its general partner, Freedom Furniture Group Inc. (collectively, “University Furnishings”) have agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by making false statements to avoid paying duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from China, the U.S....
December 28, 2015
21st Century Oncology LLC has agreed to pay $19.75 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month.  21st Century is a nationwide provider of integrated cancer care services that is headquartered in...
December 23, 2015
Thirty-two hospitals located throughout 15 states have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $28 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for minimally-invasive kyphoplasty procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.   Kyphoplasty is a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat...
December 21, 2015
Dynasplint Systems Inc. and its founder/president George Hepburn have agreed to pay $10.3 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare for splints provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The government alleged that...
December 9, 2015
The federal government recovered more than $3.5 billion taxpayer dollars in fraud and false claims cases in the 2015 fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.  This is the fourth year in a row that the department has exceeded $3.5 billion in cases under the False Claims Act and brings total recoveries from January 2009 to the end of the fiscal year...
November 20, 2015
Education Management Corp. (EDMC), the second-largest for-profit educational company in the United States of America, will pay $95.5 million to settle allegations that EDMC knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by falsely certifying that it was in compliance with Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and parallel state statutes.  The primary...
November 16, 2015
NetCracker Technology Corp. has agreed to pay $11.4 million and Computer Sciences Corp. has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by sending individuals without security clearances on a Defense Systems Information Agency (DISA) contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier...