Qui Tam
July 14, 2016
Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care has agreed to pay $18 million to settle allegations that it submittedor caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, for hospice care for patients who were not eligible because they were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Evercare, now known as Optum Palliative and...
July 1, 2016
Florida cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar and his practice, the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence (ICE), will pay $2 million, plus release any claim to $5.3 million in suspended Medicare funds, to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they improperly billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for medically unnecessary procedures and paid kickbacks to patients by waiving Medicare...
June 22, 2016
Salix Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $54 million to settle allegations that the company violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by using “speaker programs” as kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe Salix drugs and medical devices, which were then reimbursed by federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of...
June 7, 2016
Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC have agreed to collectively pay $67 to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva in treating non-small cell lung cancer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday....
May 25, 2016
The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Guild Mortgage Company, alleging that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. Department of Justice...
May 20, 2016
M&T Bank Corp. has agreed to pay the United States $64 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by originating and underwriting mortgage loans that did not meet applicable requirements, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
During the time period covered by the settlement, M...
May 10, 2016
Hollister Inc., a manufacturer of disposable health care products, and Byram Healthcare Centers Inc., a supplier of medical products, have to agreed to collectively pay $20.9 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated anti-kickback legislation that resulted in the submission of false claims to California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, the U.S. Department of...
May 3, 2016
California-based Z Gallerie has agreed to pay the federal government $15 million to settle allegations that the upscale furniture retailer knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims when it evaded customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The...
March 29, 2016
Kilgore Flares Company and subcontractor ESM Group Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $8 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by selling defective infrared countermeasure flares to the U.S. Army and evading customs duties, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Tennessee-...
March 25, 2016
Respironics Inc. has agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve allegations that the company 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.
The United States alleged that Respironics violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by providing free...
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