False Claims / Whistleblowers
November 9, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last month that 457 hospitals in 43 states have agreed to a settlement of $250 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare.
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November 2, 2015
Warner Chilcott U.S. Sales LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner Chilcott PLC, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The plea agreement is part of a global settlement with the United States in which Warner Chilcott has agreed to pay $125 million to resolve its criminal and...
October 30, 2015
The federal government has elected to intervene in three False Claims Act lawsuits against SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), alleging that Sava knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Sava...
October 26, 2015
Millennium Health has agreed to pay $246 million to resolve allegations that Millennium knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary urine drug and genetic testing and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Millennium, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week....
October 21, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that it has resolved a $237 million judgment against Tuomey Healthcare System for knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false claims to Medicare for services referred by physicians with whom the hospital had improper financial relationships. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the United States will...
October 16, 2015
The Boeing Company has agreed to pay the federal government $18 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the U.S. Air Force for the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
The government alleged that Boeing improperly...
October 14, 2015
West Chester Hospital and its parent UC Health have agreed to pay the federal government $4.1 million to settle allegations that West Chester knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
This settlement resolves allegations that West Chester Hospital knowingly submitted claims...
October 12, 2015
PharMerica Corp., the United States’ second-largest nursing home pharmacy, has agreed to pay $9.25 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 last week. PharMerica allegedly solicited and received kickbacks from...
October 9, 2015
Guardian Hospice of Georgia LLC, Guardian Home Care Holdings Inc. and AccentCare Inc. (collectively Guardian) agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that Guardian knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program for hospice patients who were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Guardian is a...
October 7, 2015
L-3 Communications Corporation, Vertex Aerospace LLC, and L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP (collectively, “L-3”) have agreed to pay $4.63 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for time spent by independent contractors at the military’s Continental U.S. Replacement Centers (CRC) in Fort...
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