Medicare Fraud
Synonyms
- Medicare Fraid
June 23, 2014
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology, PLC (EHO) and its owners have agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
April 22, 2014
Illinois-based Astellas Pharma has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with the drug Mycamine, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that Astellas knowingly marketed and promoted the sale of Mycamine for pediatric use,...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
April 17, 2014
The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical Inc. and its former Vice President Jake Kilgore, alleging that Orbit Medical’s sales representatives boosted power wheelchair and accessory sales by altering and forging physician prescriptions and supporting documentation, the Justice Department announced earlier this week....
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
May 6, 2014
Florida-based Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
This settlement resolves allegations that...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
April 29, 2014
Amedisys Home Health Companies have agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Amedisys is one of the nation’s largest providers of home health services and operates in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
April 15, 2014
Kansas-based Hope Cancer Institute and its owner Dr. Raj Sadasvian have agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The settlement resolves allegations that Sadasivan and Hope...
April 10, 2014
Alliance Rehabilitation, LLC and Active Physical Therapy Services, LLC, along with three individuals associated with those businesses, have agreed to pay the federal government $2.78 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and the TRICARE health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
March 19, 2014
American Family Care Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 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 today. American Family Care is a network of walk-in medical clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with offices in Alabama,...
March 14, 2014
CLP HealthcareServices, the parent company of Hospice Compassus, has agreed to pay $3.92 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced yesterday.
Hospices provide palliative care...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
March 11, 2014
Florida-based Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax) have agreed to pay $85 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Halifax allegedly also violated the Stark Law.
The Stark...
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