healthcare fraud
September 9, 2015
KMART Corporation has agreed to pay the federal government $1.4 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that Kmart violated the False Claims Act by providing illegal inducements to...
September 4, 2015
Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories have agreed to pay $1.79 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced last week.
This settlement resolves allegations that Quest...
August 14, 2015
Mercy Health Springfield Communities and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, formerly St. John’s Health System and St. John’s Clinic, respectively, have agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday...
September 1, 2015
Pediatric Services of America and related entities (collectively, “PSA”) have agreed to pay $6.88 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced...
July 30, 2015
California-based NuVasive Inc. has agreed to pay $13.5 to the United States federal government in order 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 United States alleged that between 2008 and 2013, NuVasive promoted the use of the...
July 17, 2015
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy has agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the government, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced earlier this week.
The government had alleged that Blanding sought reimbursement for compounding...
September 17, 2014
Maryland-based Episcopal Ministries to the Aging Inc. (EMA) has agreed to pay $1.3 million to the federal government to settle allegations that the nonprofit knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unreasonable or unnecessary rehabilitation therapy provided by one of its subsidiaries, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this...
July 8, 2015
AstraZeneca and Cephalon have agreed to pay $46.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively, to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Pursuant to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, drug manufacturers are required to...
June 26, 2015
DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., the largest provider of dialysis services in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 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 earlier this week.
This civil settlement resolves allegations brought in a...
June 15, 2015
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and state Medicaid programs, the U.S. Department of Justice...
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