Whistleblower awards

June 25, 2014
Ohio-based Omnicare, the nation’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services to nursing homes, has agreed to pay $124.24 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. The settlement resolves allegations that...
June 23, 2014
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology, PLC (EHO) and its owners have agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky...
April 22, 2014
Illinois-based Astellas Pharma has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with the drug Mycamine, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The settlement resolves allegations that Astellas knowingly marketed and promoted the sale of Mycamine for pediatric use,...
May 6, 2014
Florida-based Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement resolves allegations that...
May 1, 2014
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma (MCSO) and its parent, Health Management Associates, Inc., have agreed to pay $1,065,000 to the U.S. and $435,000 to the State of Oklahoma to resolve allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
April 29, 2014
Amedisys Home Health Companies have agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.  Amedisys is one of the nation’s largest providers of home health services and operates in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto...
April 24, 2014
CRC Health Corp. has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicaid and Tennessee Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.  CRC is a nationwide provider of substance abuse and mental health treatment services. CRC owns and operates a residential substance...
April 10, 2014
Alliance Rehabilitation, LLC and Active Physical Therapy Services, LLC, along with three individuals associated with those businesses, have agreed to pay the federal government $2.78 million to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and the TRICARE health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
April 9, 2014
Five California-based masonry subcontractors and two individuals have agreed to pay the government $1.9 million to resolve allegations that the parties violated the False Claims Act in connection with military construction contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  The defendants allegedly misrepresented their status as disadvantaged small businesses....
March 26, 2014
Lantheus Medical Imaging and Bristol-Myers Squibb have agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle allegations that the company failed to pay New York State and City taxes, in violation of the False Claims Act, the New York Attorney General’s office announced. Lantheus and its former parent company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, allegedly did not pay applicable New York State business...