Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. (Southern Crescent) have agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. Dubuis Health System manages long-term acute care hospitals in multiple...
Two of the country’s largest commercial shredding services companies, Shred-It Incorporated and Iron Mountain, recently agreed to pay $1.1 million between them to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government, related to contracts for secure shredding services, the U.S. Department of Justice...
Whistleblower Richard Priem will receive $1.8 million as his share of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) settlement with the U.S. government, the Associated Press reported recently.
SAIC received federal grant money through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to provide course management, development, and instruction to first responder...
The polling and market research firm Gallup Organization has agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act and the Procurement Integrity Act for conduct involving several of its federal government contracts and subcontracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this month. Gallup is headquartered in Washington, D.C...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.75 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims under a contract with the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month.
In 2006, GSA awarded a blanket purchase...
North Carolina-based TranS1 Inc., now known as Baxano Surgical Inc., has agreed to pay the U.S. government $6 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The government alleged that TranS1 knowingly caused health...
Fifty-five hospitals located throughout the United States have agreed to pay the U.S. government over $34 million to settle allegations that the facilities knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.
Kyphoplasty is a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat...
Massachusetts-based CyTerra Corporation has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.9 million to settle allegations that CyTerra failed to provide the U.S. Army with accurate, complete, and current cost or pricing data for its products, causing the government to pay more than it should have, the Justice Department announced this week.
In 2003, the U.S. Army awarded CyTerra a...
Ohio-based General Electric Aviation Systems (GEAS) has agreed to pay $6.58 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with contracts made with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. GEAS manufactures and sells integrated systems and components for...
Dr. Alfred Chan, and oncologist in Lakewood, Wash., and his wife Judy Chan have agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle allegations that they defrauded federal health care programs by overbilling for cancer treatment medication, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced last week.
The government alleged that Dr. Chan, with the assistance of his wife, Judy, routinely billed federal...
