Patient Receives $2.25 Million Whistleblower Award For Exposing Medicare Fraud

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

A patient who received a defective implantable defibrillator will receive a $2.25 million award for filing a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed improper marketing practices concerning these medical devices. The whistleblower filed this False Claims Act lawsuit against...

Former Lab Employees Share $3,755,500 Whistleblower Reward

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Two former lab employees will share $3,755,500 as their reward for filing a whistleblower lawsuit exposing fraudulent Medicare billing practices at Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology (Diagnostic Labs), a facility operated by Kan-Di-Ki LLC, formerly known as...

Receptionist Files Whistleblower Lawsuit That Leads To $14,902,832 Judgment

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

A federal judge has ordered the owner of a home health agency that operated in the Westlake District of Los Angeles to pay nearly $15 million – or approximately three times the losses suffered by Medicare as a result of the company’s illegal practices. United States...

The Gallup Organization Agrees To Pay $10.5 Million To Settle Whistleblower Allegations

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

The Gallup Organization has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Procurement Integrity Act for conduct involving several of its federal government contracts and subcontracts.  Gallup is a polling and market...

Amgen Inc. Pays Over $15 Million To Resolve Whistleblower Lawsuit

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Biopharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. agreed to pay the United States more than $15 million to resolve allegations that the Ventura County company provided illegal financial incentives to physicians and physician groups to induce them to prescribe the cancer drug...