Whistleblower awards

February 9, 2015
Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and its related entities has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that Good Shepherd knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for hospice patients who were not terminally ill, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last Friday.  Good Shepherd provides hospice services in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas,...
February 6, 2015
ev3, Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient admissions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. The United States alleged that Fox Hollow knowingly caused 12 hospitals located...
January 26, 2015
Florida-based Associates in Dermatology and its owner, Dr. Michael Steppie, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that the practice knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs for unnecessary medical procedures that were, in some cases, allegedly performed by unlicensed, uncredentialed, and unsupervised employees,...
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...
December 22, 2014
St. Helena Hospital has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced last week. The settlement resolves allegations that St. Helena Hospital knowingly charged Medicare for...
December 18, 2014
Edward O’Donnell, the former Countrywide Financial executive who blew the whistle on Bank of America, will receive over $57 million for helping the federal government collect a $16.65 billion penalty for false claims, the New York Times reported yesterday. O’Donnell filed a lawsuit under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims Act, which allows private...
December 10, 2014
Supreme Group has agreed to pay $101 million to settle allegations that the company and/or its subsidiaries knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government for food and water supplied to the armed forces, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. According to court documents, Supreme Foodservice AG, together with Supreme...
December 5, 2014
Rite Aid Corporation has paid the federal government $2.99 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid programs by inappropriately using gift cards as inducements, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The settlement resolves allegations that Rite Aid offered illegal...
November 12, 2014
CareAll Management LLC has agreed to pay $25 million to the federal government and the State of Tennessee in order to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. This settlement resolves allegations that CareAll overstated the severity of...