Medicare Fraud
Synonyms
- Medicare Fraid
February 6, 2015
ev3, Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient admissions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
The United States alleged that Fox Hollow knowingly caused 12 hospitals located...
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,...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
January 5, 2015
The federal government has intervened in two lawsuits against Florida cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar and his physician group, the Institute for Cardiovascular Excellence PLLC (ICE), alleging that Qamar and ICE knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary medical procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today....
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...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower
December 22, 2014
St. Helena Hospital has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that St. Helena Hospital knowingly charged Medicare for...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Heathcare Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
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...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
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...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower
October 29, 2014
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc., has agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs including Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. EBI is a medical device company located in Parsippany...
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...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
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