Posted on June 16, 2019
The Department of Justice announced last week that the United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Smart Pharmacy Inc., and SP2 LLC, two compounding pharmacies located in Jacksonville, Florida. The complaint alleges that the pharmacies improperly included the drug aripiprazole, an...
Posted on June 1, 2019
TCG client Paul Wozniak has issued a dozen new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as mugs, brass screws, and sprayers in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard...
Posted on May 24, 2019
The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Doctor’s Choice Home Care Inc (Doctor’s Choice), Timothy Beach, and Stuart Christensen alleging False Claims Act violations arising from the alleged payment of kickbacks in the form of sham medical director agreements and...
Posted on May 11, 2019
TCG client Paul Wozniak has issued new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as string lights, mugs, and electrical tape in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard...
Posted on March 22, 2019
Covidien LP has agreed to pay $17,477,947 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free or discounted practice development and market development support to physicians located in California and Florida to induce purchases of Covidien’s vein ablation products,...
Posted on March 22, 2019
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected acetaminophen for review by the Carcinogen Identification Committee for possible listing under Proposition 65. OEHHA is initiating the development of hazard identification materials on this chemical and is requesting...
Posted on March 9, 2019
Skyline Urology has agreed to pay the United States $1.85 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting improper claims to the Medicare program for evaluation and management services, the Department of Justice announced last month.
Skyline Urology allegedly...
Posted on February 16, 2019
Pathology laboratory company Inform Diagnostics has agreed to pay $63.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced last month. Inform Diagnostics, formerly...
Posted on January 30, 2019
Los Angeles-based Avanti Hospitals LLC (Avanti) and six of its owners will pay the federal government $8.1 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting, or causing Avanti’s subsidiary, Memorial Hospital of Gardena (Gardena Hospital), to submit false claims to...
Posted on January 28, 2019
Peter Englander has issued new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as glass jars, vinyl journal covers, and string lights in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health...
