FreshPoint, Inc., a Houston-based subsidiary of Sysco Corp., has agreed to pay $4.2 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit relating to the prices it charged the government for fresh fruit and vegetables. According to the whistleblower’s allegations, FreshPoint...
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Computer Software Maintenance Fraud
CA, Inc., formerly known as Computer Associates, has agreed to pay $11 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit accusing it of overcharging the government for computer software maintenance services. According to the whistleblower’s allegations, CA charged its...
Former Hospice Employee Blows The Whistle On Medicare Fraud
The Department of Justice recently announced that Hospice of the Comforter, Inc. (HOTCI) has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by one of its former employees. According the allegations raised in this False Claims Act lawsuit, HOTCI...
Whistleblower Receives $798,000 For Exposing Fraudulent Billing Practices At Long-Term Care Facilities
A former employee of Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC will receive $798,000 for filing a False Claims Act lawsuit that exposed billing practices that led to the government overpaying for Medicare reimbursements by $4.2 million. In connection with its operation of...
Whistleblower Lawsuits Lead To $2.2 Billion Recovery In Off-Label Marketing Settlement
In one of the largest health care fraud cases in U.S. history, Johnson & Johnson and affiliated companies have agreed to pay over $2.2 billion to resolve allegations of improper prescription drug marketing concerning the drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor. This...
Whistleblower Receives $1,178,000 For Exposing Contract Fraud
The Department of Justice recently announced that Axway, Inc. has agreed to pay $6.2 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that it had failed to properly disclose its pricing policies and practices. As a participant in the Multiple Award Schedule Program...
Patient Receives $2.25 Million Whistleblower Award For Exposing Medicare Fraud
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
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
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
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
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...
Former Hospital Administrator Receives $2,160,000 For Exposing Medicare Fraud
Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. (Southern Crescent) have agreed to pay the United States $8,000,000 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare. Dubuis Health System manages long-term acute care...