Posted on January 31, 2014
Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (PHS) is being sued by an employee whistleblower, Karin Berntsen, for allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly falsified patients’ admission information, Law360 announced earlier this month.
PHS allegedly directed hospital staff to falsify...
Posted on January 31, 2014
Excerpted from full article at Environmental Health News: A settlement between Deluxe Corp., a large, Minnesota-based manufacturer of checkbook covers, and a consumer advocate requires the company to remove a phthalate from checkbook covers or label their products with a health warning....
Posted on January 29, 2014
In a major victory for consumers, a new Proposition 65 settlement reported today ensures that Deluxe Corporation's checkbook covers will no longer contain di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), a known carcinogen and reproductive toxicant, or will have the requisite health hazard warnings provided....
Posted on January 29, 2014
A new settlement agreement with Deluxe Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of a variety of checkbook covers across the United States, will ensure that their products will either be reformulated to eliminate the presence of a toxic phthalate chemical or at least be accompanied by a health...
Posted on January 29, 2014
Saint Joseph Health System, Inc. has agreed to pay the U.S. Government $16.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they submitted false or fraudulent claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for a variety of medically unnecessary heart procedures, the Justice...
Posted on January 28, 2014
Jakks Pacific has provided certification to Russell Brimer and Peter Englander, clients of The Chanler Group, stating that its padded children’s chairs offered for sale in California have been reformulated in advance of the deadline imposed by the settlement agreement between the parties....
Posted on January 27, 2014
Two orthopedic clinics, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics P.C. and Appalachian Orthopaedic Clinics P.C., will pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for re-imported osteoarthritis medications,...
Posted on January 24, 2014
Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for offenses involving the federal renewable fuel program that allegedly netted them more than $37 million, the Justice Department announced last week. The 57-count indictment against James Jariv and Nathan Stoliar includes...
Posted on January 24, 2014
The government has filed a complaint against Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. (KBR) and Kuwaiti companies La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Co. (La Nouvelle) and First Kuwaiti Trading Co. (First Kuwaiti) for submitting false claims in connection with KBR’s contract...
Posted on January 24, 2014
Consumer Reports recently tested a variety of sodas purchased in California and New York, and found unacceptably high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) in some of them. 4-MEI is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. Under Proposition 65, products containing...
