A longtime champion of whistleblower rights, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently provided a strong reminder of the importance of the False Claims Act: We have decades of data showing that the government cannot stop fraud by itself. I also know from many years of...
The government has intervened in three False Claims Act lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava) alleging that Sava knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services...
A whistleblower will receive $1.28 million for filing a False Claims Act lawsuit against Vector Planning and Services Inc. (VPSI), an information technology company and consulting firm based in Virginia. The whistleblower lawsuit alleged that VPSI inflated its...
A former employee of Omnicare, Inc. received $17.24 million as a reward for filing a False Claims Act lawsuit that exposed violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. This award was part of a $124.24 million settlement resolving allegations that Omnicare, Inc. entered...
Patients at the Rose Cancer Center in Mississippi thought they were receiving the treatment they desperately needed to fight their devastating disease. Unbeknownst to them, however, the clinic physician, Dr. Meera Sachdeva, was diluting their medicine, billing for...
Law360, Washington (August 18, 2014, 5:36 PM ET) -- The former owner of a chemotherapy clinic sentenced to two decades in prison for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers will pay $5.7 million to end a related whistleblower False Claims Act suit in...
America's taxpayers are in a long-term battle against powerful and well-funded corporate cheats and thieves. Fraud is a core part of some company business plans, and incentivized integrity programs are a threat to their bottom line. Opposition to federal and state...
Operators of the Lymphedema & Wound Care Institute Inc. in Houston have agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle a whistleblower’s allegations that they improperly billed Medicare for physical therapy treatments provided by unqualified therapists. According to the...
Caremark LLC (“Caremark”) agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs that should have been paid by private health insurance plans. Caremark is a pharmacy benefit...
A Tennessee doctor will share in the government’s recovery after filing a whistleblower lawsuit against a cardiologist who allegedly performed medically unnecessary cardiac stent placements. Under the settlement, cardiologist Dr. Elie H. Korban will pay $1.15 million...
Vantage Oncology LLC, an owner and operator of radiation oncology centers, has agreed to pay more than $2.08 million to resolve a whistleblower’s allegations that it over-billed Medicare for radiation oncology services. The government in this False Claims Act lawsuit...
Basco Manufacturing Co. (“Basco”) has agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve a whistleblower’s allegations that it made false customs declarations to avoid paying duties on products imported from China. The products involved were aluminum extrusions, which are used in...