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December 21, 2015
Dynasplint Systems Inc. and its founder/president George Hepburn have agreed to pay $10.3 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare for splints provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The government alleged that...
November 20, 2015
Education Management Corp. (EDMC), the second-largest for-profit educational company in the United States of America, will pay $95.5 million to settle allegations that EDMC knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by falsely certifying that it was in compliance with Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and parallel state statutes.
The primary...
November 16, 2015
NetCracker Technology Corp. has agreed to pay $11.4 million and Computer Sciences Corp. has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by sending individuals without security clearances on a Defense Systems Information Agency (DISA) contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier...
November 9, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last month that 457 hospitals in 43 states have agreed to a settlement of $250 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare.
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is an electronic device that is implanted near and connected to...
November 2, 2015
Warner Chilcott U.S. Sales LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner Chilcott PLC, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The plea agreement is part of a global settlement with the United States in which Warner Chilcott has agreed to pay $125 million to resolve its criminal and...
October 30, 2015
The federal government has elected to intervene in three False Claims Act lawsuits against SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), alleging that Sava knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Sava...
October 26, 2015
Millennium Health has agreed to pay $246 million to resolve allegations that Millennium knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary urine drug and genetic testing and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Millennium, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week....
October 16, 2015
The Boeing Company has agreed to pay the federal government $18 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the U.S. Air Force for the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
The government alleged that Boeing improperly...
October 12, 2015
PharMerica Corp., the United States’ second-largest nursing home pharmacy, has agreed to pay $9.25 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 last week. PharMerica allegedly solicited and received kickbacks from...
October 2, 2015
Adventist Health System has agreed to pay the United States $115 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs by maintaining improper compensation arrangements with referring physicians and by miscoding claims, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. ...
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