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May 15, 2015
PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay $31.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for improperly dispensed drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. PharMerica is a long-term care pharmacy that dispenses medications to residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing...
May 8, 2015
Sixteen separate hospitals and their corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. This case concerns claims to Medicare for Intensive...
April 29, 2015
Texas-based Citizens Medical Center has agreed to pay the U.S. federal government $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The settlement resolved allegations that the hospital provided compensation to several...
March 20, 2015
Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (Adventist) has agreed to pay $5.4 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare and TRICARE by providing radiation oncology services to beneficiaries that were not properly supervised, the U.S. Department of Justice...
March 9, 2015
Recovery Home Care and National Home Care Holdings LLC have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that the Recovery Home Care entities knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  The Recovery Home Care entities provide home health care services to Medicare beneficiaries and were...
February 23, 2015
Two Florida medical doctors and their wives have agreed to pay, collectively, $1.13 million to settle allegations and they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  The United States alleged that A Plus and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, engaged in a scheme to increase...
February 18, 2015
Import companies C.R. Lawrence Co. Inc., Southeastern Aluminum Products Inc., and Waterfall Group LLC have agreed to pay, collectively, $3.05 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with false customs declarations on imports of aluminum extrusions from the People...
February 11, 2015
Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $2.8 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs in connection to a medical procedure known as “SubQ Stimulation,” the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The United States alleged that Medtronic...
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,...
December 19, 2014
Iron Mountain has agreed to pay $44.5 million to settle allegations that the company overcharged federal agencies for record storage services under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement relates to contracts under which Iron Mountain provided record storage services to government entities through GSA...