The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert addressing physician-owned entities that derive revenue from the sale of implantable medical devices ordered by their physician-owners for use...
A former employee of Fluor Hanford LLC will receive $200,000 for filing a False Claims Act lawsuit that revealed Fluor’s improper use of federal funds for lobbying purposes. Fluor Hanford LLC, a Department of Energy (“DOE”) contractor, agreed to pay $1.1 million to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...