Whistleblower awards

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...
May 13, 2015
Nine Jacksonville, Fla. hospitals and one ambulance company have agreed to collectively pay $7.5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced last week. After a multiple-year investigation, the United States...
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...
April 24, 2015
Family Dermatology P.C., which owns and operates a dermatopathology lab and a number of dermatology practices, has agreed to pay $3.2 million plus interest to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with a number of its employed physicians, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The...
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 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 13, 2015
AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million in order to settle allegations that AstraZeneca knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The settlement resolves allegations that AstraZeneca agreed to provide remuneration to Medco Health...
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...