False Claims Act
June 17, 2015
Florida-based Hebrew Homes Health Network and its former president and executive director William Zubkoff have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Hebrew Homes provided skilled nursing services at seven rehabilitation and...
June 1, 2015
New Jersey-based Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. (“Garden State”), which owns and operates several facilities in New Jersey under the names NJ Medcare/NJ Heart, has agreed to pay over $3.6 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for tests that were not medically...
May 29, 2015
Orbit Medical Inc. and Rehab Medical Inc. have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for power wheelchairs and accessories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Medicare pays for power wheelchairs for beneficiaries who cannot...
May 22, 2015
Missouri-based Medco Health Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Express Scripts Holding Company, based agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. Medco...
May 20, 2015
United Parcel Service (UPS) has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air packages, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
UPS provides delivery services to hundreds of federal agencies through contracts with the U.S...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, United Parcel Service, UPS, Whistleblower awards
May 15, 2015
PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay $31.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for improperly dispensed drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
PharMerica is a long-term care pharmacy that dispenses medications to residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing...
May 8, 2015
Sixteen separate hospitals and their corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
This case concerns claims to Medicare for Intensive...
May 13, 2015
Nine Jacksonville, Fla. hospitals and one ambulance company have agreed to collectively pay $7.5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced last week.
After a multiple-year investigation, the United States...
May 1, 2015
The federal government has intervened in three False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare, alleging that ManorCare knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare and TRICARE for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the U.S....
April 29, 2015
Texas-based Citizens Medical Center has agreed to pay the U.S. federal government $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement resolved allegations that the hospital provided compensation to several...
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