Medicare Fraud
Synonyms
- Medicare Fraid
December 19, 2013
Cardiologist Dr. Elie H. Korban (Korban) will pay $1.15 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cardiac stent placements, the Justice Department announced today.
Cardiac stents are mesh tubes placed in coronary arteries of patients to keep their arteries open during the treatment of coronary heart disease....
cardiologist, False Claims Act, Kroban, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 9, 2013
Lynch Ambulance has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit, under the False Claims Act, alleging it received overpayments from the Medicare program and other federal health care programs for transporting patients who were not eligible for ambulance transports, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last month.
Allegedly, Lynch Ambulance knowingly billed...
False Claims Act, Lynch Ambulance, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 27, 2013
Vantage Oncology LLC (Vantage) has agreed to pay the government more than $2.08 million to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for radiation oncology services, the Justice Department announced last week.
The government alleged that Vantage double billed and overbilled Medicare for certain procedures, billed...
False Claims Act, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Vantage, Vantage Oncology LLC, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 22, 2013
Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $3.7 million to the United States Department of Justice to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by filing false claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week.
Baptist Health Systems allegedly filed improper claims with the Medicare...
Baptist Health Systems, False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 20, 2013
The Ensign Group Inc. (Ensign) has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations, under the False Claims Act, that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department announced today.
Ensign, a skilled nursing provider, allegedly submitted false claims to the...
False Claims Act, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, The Ensign Group Inc., Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 13, 2013
Ohio-based pharmacy service provider Omnicare Inc. has agreed to pay $120 million to settle allegations that the company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. Omnicare is one of the nation’s largest providers of pharmacy services to the elderly.
Omnicare allegedly offered skilled nursing facilities steep discounts for drugs for their Medicare...
November 8, 2013
Hospice of the Comforter Inc. (HOTCI) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for hospice services provided to patients who were not eligible for the Medicare hospice benefit, the Justice Department announced earlier this week.
The government alleged that HOTCI engaged in...
False Claims Act, Hospice of the Comforter Inc., Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
October 29, 2013
Fox Rx, Inc. has filed a complaint against Walgreens Company in the federal district court of the Southern District of New York for violations of the False Claims Act. Walgreens allegedly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Fox Rx alleges that Walgreens routinely overbilled Medicare...
October 23, 2013
The owners of Global Medical Direct, LLC and Global Medical Inc., have agreed to pay $7 million to resolve allegations against them in connection with a scheme to submit false claims to the federal Medicare and Tricare healthcare programs, the United States Attorney’s Office announced yesterday. Global Medical, Inc. and its parent company, Global Medical Direct, LLC, are...
California Proposition 65, False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act
October 18, 2013
Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (Guidant), have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that Guidant knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare federal health program, the Justice Department announced yesterday. The government alleged that Guidant knowingly sold...
Fraud Against Government, Government Fraud, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Proposition 65, Qui Tam, The Chanler Group, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower awards
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