Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $3,675,000 to resolve a whistleblower’s allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to disclose insurance coverage applicable to treatment it provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Under Medicare rules, providers...
Nursing home operator Ensign Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare for unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services. These False Claims Act lawsuits involved billing for services provided at six skilled nursing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...