A former sales representative will receive $1,585,892.56 as his share of the recovery obtained by the government in a False Claims Act lawsuit. CDW-Government LLC agreed to pay $5.66 million to resolve the whistleblower’s allegations in this case that it improperly...
Recent News: False Claims Act
Hospice Employee To Receive $1.8 Million For Blowing The Whistle On Medicare Fraud
A former employee of Hospice of Arizona L.C. will receive $1.8 million as a reward for filing a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed improper Medicare billing practices. To resolve allegations asserted in this False Claims Act case, Hospice of Arizona L.C., American...
Tennessee Whistleblower Awarded $405,000 For Exposing Fraudulent Rehabilitation Therapy Billing Practices
Nursing home manager Grace Healthcare LLC and its affiliate Grace Ancillary Services LLC have agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare and TennCare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation...
Laboratory Research Product Contractor Agrees To Pay $5.65 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit
Corning Incorporated has agreed to pay $5.65 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly presented false claims to the United States for laboratory research products. According to the claims raised in this whistleblower lawsuit, Corning failed to comply with its...
Sales Representative Receives $585,000 For Blowing The Whistle On CIA Contractor Kickback Scheme
A former sales representative is due to receive $585,000 for his role in filing a whistleblower lawsuit against American Systems Corporation, Anixter International Inc., and Corning Cable Systems LLC. This False Claims Act case included allegations that the defendants...
Whistleblowers Receive $4.4 Million For Exposing Pharmaceutical Company Fraud
In a settlement of False Claims Act lawsuits initiated by whistleblowers, Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. agreed to pay $45 million to resolve criminal and civil liability for improper marketing practices. The settlement resolves allegations that Par promoted the...
Social Worker Receives $160,000 For Exposing Ambulance Transport Fraud
A clinical social worker will receive $160,000 for filing a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed a fraudulent scheme in which Medicare was improperly billed for routine, non-emergency ambulance transports that were not medically necessary. According to the allegations...
Doctor Receives $4,046,000 For Filing Whistleblower Lawsuit
A pathologist who formerly worked at a clinical laboratory will receive $4,046,000 as a reward for filing a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed fraudulent Medicare billing practices, including the payment of illegal kickbacks and the billing of medically unnecessary...
Skilled Nursing Facility To Pay $700,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Fairfax Nursing Center, a skilled nursing facility based in Fairfax, Virginia, and its owners have agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission to Medicare of false claims for...
New Medicare Regulations Require Face-To-Face Physician Encounters For Durable Medical Equipment Orders
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published a final rule implementing several changes to policies relating to payment of physicians. Among the changes is a new requirement that certain items of durable medical equipment (“DME”) can only...
Victory Pharma Inc. of San Diego Pays $11.4 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations in Connection with Promotion of Its Drugs
Victory Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego, has agreed to pay $11,420,743 to resolve federal civil and criminal liability arising from its marketing of the pharmaceutical products Naprelan, Xodol, Fexmid and Dolgic. The...
Former Laboratory Manager Receives $660,859 As Reward For Filing Whistleblower Lawsuit
EMH Regional Medical Center (EMH) has agreed to pay the United States $3,863,857 and North Ohio Heart Center Inc. (NOHC) has agreed to pay the United States $541,870 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare. EMH is a non-profit community...