Amgen Inc. Pays $612 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Amgen has agreed to pay $612 million ($587.2 million to the United States and $24.8 million to the states) to resolve claims that it caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare, Medicaid and other government insurance programs. The federal civil settlement...

Whistleblower Receives More Than $7,875,000 For Exposing Fraudulent Failure To Pay Import Duties

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd and affiliated entities (“Toyo Ink”) agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to pay duties on products imported into the United States. The government alleged that Toyo...

Whistleblowers Receive $244,529.87 For Exposing Hospice Fraud

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Former employees of a hospice provider received $244,529.87 for exposing billing practices that violated Medicare rules.  The whistleblower lawsuit was filed against Harmony Care Hospice Inc., and included allegations that the hospice facilities knowingly submitted...

Whistleblower Receives $1.8 Million In Hospital False Claims Act Settlement

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

A former director of Health Management Services at Morton Plant Hospital will receive over $1.8 million as her share of the government’s recovery in a False Claims Act case arising from a hospital group’s submission of false claims for services rendered to Medicare...

Improper Payments To Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare $1.5 Billion In 2009

Whistleblower

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human  Services recently  conducted a study that identified errors in 25 percent of the claims submitted by skilled nursing facilities in 2009, resulting in $1.5 billion in inappropriate Medicare...