Fraud Against Government
Synonyms
- Fraud on Government
November 26, 2014
The federal government has intervened in two lawsuits filed against Creekside Hospice II LLC, its holding company Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (SKG), and Skilled Healthcare LLC (SKH), alleging that these entities knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The Medicare and Medicaid...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower
October 29, 2014
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc., has agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs including Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. EBI is a medical device company located in Parsippany...
November 7, 2014
Biotronik has agreed to pay the federal government $4.9 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The settlement resolves allegations that Biotronik, through the payment of kickbacks to physicians, caused hospitals and ambulatory...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
November 3, 2014
Dignity Health has agreed to pay $37 million to settle allegations that 13 of its hospitals knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health programs Medicare and TRICARE for patients who could have been treated on an outpatient basis, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that 13 Dignity...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower Award
October 31, 2014
North Florida Shipyards has agreed to pay the federal government $1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
To qualify as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) on Coast Guard ship repair contracts, a company must be...
October 24, 2014
DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. has agreed to pay $350 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
The settlement today resolves allegations...
October 22, 2014
Two groups of Houston-based diagnostic centers have agreed to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for $2.6 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
One group of centers, which operates under the name One Step Diagnostic and is owned and controlled by Fuad Rehman Cochinwala...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
October 20, 2014
The federal government has elected to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services and Derco Aerospace Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.
The government’s...
October 13, 2014
The Boeing Company has agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Air Force in connection with maintenance contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Boeing is a giant in the aerospace and defense industries.
The government alleged that Boeing improperly charged...
October 10, 2014
Extendicare Health Services has agreed to pay $38 million to the federal government and eight state governments to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for worthless nursing services and medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the U.S. Department of Justice...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
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