Fraud Against Government
Synonyms
- Fraud on Government
August 8, 2014
The City of New York has agreed to pay the federal government $1.05 million to resolve allegations that the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to New York State’s Medicaid program, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York announced on Monday.
Medicaid is a matching program in...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, New York City, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
August 6, 2014
Community Health Systems (CHS), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to government health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. One of the company’s affiliated hospitals,...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
August 4, 2014
Hawaii-based Matson Navigation Company has agreed to pay $9.95 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with bills for ocean fuel surcharges to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the National Law Review reported last week.
Matson and Horizon Lines, a subcontractor for Matson, allegedly billed...
July 30, 2014
Paris-based global financial institution BNP Paribas has agreed to pay $80 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for payment guarantees issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The United States filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas in connection with its...
July 25, 2014
The United States government has elected to intervene in a lawsuit against Symantec Corporation, alleging that Symantec knowing submitted or caused the submission of false claims on a General Services Administration software contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Symantec entered into a Multiple Award Schedule contract with GSA that allowed...
July 23, 2014
Alabama-based Infirmary Health System (IHS), two affiliated clinics, and Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. (DPG) have agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or cause the submission of false claims to the Medicare program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Two IHS affiliated clinics—IMC-Diagnostic and...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
July 21, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against Midwest Neurosurgeons LLC and its owner, Dr. Sanjay Fonn, and DS Medical LLC and its owner, Deborah Seeger, for alleged violations of the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute in connection with spinal implants and supplies used during surgeries performed by Dr. Fonn.
The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits...
July 7, 2014
HSBC has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal housing and mortgage programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced last week.
HSBC performs or oversees the performance of certain administrative activities in connection with residential...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, fannie mae, federal housing administration, Fraud Against Government, HSBC, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
July 2, 2014
Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state Medicaid programs for replacement insulin infusion pumps, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office announced earlier this week.
Allegedly, Medtronic—doing business as Medtronic Diabetes—improperly...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
June 25, 2014
Ohio-based Omnicare, the nation’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services to nursing homes, has agreed to pay $124.24 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
The settlement resolves allegations that...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
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