Qui Tam
March 13, 2014
Keith Edwards, the whistleblower who provided tips that led to JPMorgan & Chase’s $614 million False Claims Act settlement, will receive $63.9 million as his portion of the settlement, the Chicago Tribune reported last week. Edwards was formerly an employee of JPMorgan.
JPMC admitted that, for more than a decade, it approved thousands of Federal Housing...
March 14, 2014
CLP HealthcareServices, the parent company of Hospice Compassus, has agreed to pay $3.92 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced yesterday.
Hospices provide palliative care...
False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
March 11, 2014
Florida-based Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax) have agreed to pay $85 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Halifax allegedly also violated the Stark Law.
The Stark...
March 7, 2014
Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC have agreed to pay $3.4 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by fixing the prices of government cargo transportation contracts between the United States and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Sea Star Line...
March 6, 2014
SelfRefind and PremierTox LLC have agreed to pay $15.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare and Kentucky’s Medicaid program for tests that were medically unnecessary, more expensive than those performed, or billed in violation of the Stark Law, the Department of Justice announced.
Drs. Bryan Wood...
February 28, 2014
Ohio-based Omnicare Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $4.19 million to resolve allegations that the company engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. Omnicare provides pharmaceuticals and services to long-term care facilities and residents and other senior populations.
The settlement...
February 25, 2014
Delaware-based Endo Health Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Endo) have agreed to pay $171.9 million to settle allegations that the company improperly marketed the prescription drug Lidoderm for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), resulting in false claims submitted to federal health care programs such as Medicaid, the...
February 21, 2014
The U.S. government has intervened in a False Claims Act Lawsuit against Tenet Healthcare Corp. and four of its hospitals in Georgia and South Carolina, as well as another hospital in Georgia that is owned by Health Management Associates (HMA), the Department of Justice announced earlier this week. Tenet and HMA are two of the largest owner/operators of hospitals in the...
February 20, 2014
Washington-based EndoGastric Solutions has agreed to pay the U.S. government up to $5.25 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by misleading health care providers in how to bill federal health care programs and paying kickbacks to certain physicians, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.
EndoGastric...
January 13, 2014
St. Mary Medical Center has agreed to pay over $2.3 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it failed to administer certain contracts which led to overbilling from physicians, the Department of Justice announced last week. St. Mary voluntarily disclosed the allegations.
According to the self-disclosure and subsequent investigation, St. Mary admitted that...
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