Anti-Kickback Act

February 13, 2015
AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million in order to settle allegations that AstraZeneca knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The settlement resolves allegations that AstraZeneca agreed to provide remuneration to Medco Health...
May 16, 2013
New Jersey-based C.R. Bard has agreed to pay the U.S. government $48.26 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare for brachytherapy seeds used to treat prostate cancer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week. The United States alleged that from 1998 to 2006, Bard violated the Anti-Kickback Statute when the...
March 8, 2013
American Systems Corporation, Anixter International Inc., and Corning Cable Systems LLC have agreed to pay the U.S. government $3 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act while bidding on a contract with the CIA, the U.S. Justice Department announced today.  The United States alleged that the three companies provided...