Medicaid Fraud

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 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...
February 23, 2015
Two Florida medical doctors and their wives have agreed to pay, collectively, $1.13 million to settle allegations and they 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 A Plus and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, engaged in a scheme to increase...
January 9, 2015
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. has agreed to pay $39 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  Daiichi Sankyo allegedly paid kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe Daiichi drugs,...
December 29, 2014
The federal government has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc., alleging that the company solicited and received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. In its complaint, the United States alleges that Omnicare solicited and received kickbacks from...
December 5, 2014
Rite Aid Corporation has paid the federal government $2.99 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid programs by inappropriately using gift cards as inducements, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The settlement resolves allegations that Rite Aid offered illegal...
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...
November 12, 2014
CareAll Management LLC has agreed to pay $25 million to the federal government and the State of Tennessee in order to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement resolves allegations that CareAll overstated the severity of...
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...
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...