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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...
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. Agrees To Pay $490.9 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuits
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009, has agreed to pay $490.9 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the unlawful marketing of the prescription drug Rapamune for uses not approved as safe and...
Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads To $26 Million Recovery Of Government Funds
Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics Inc., Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc. and Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc. (collectively, Shands Healthcare), which operates a network of health care providers in Florida, will pay the government and the state of...
Whistleblower Receives Over $10.9 Million For Exposing Fraudulent Practices By Government Suppliers
Ohio-based RPM International Inc. and its subsidiary, Tremco Inc., have paid $60.9 million to resolve allegations that Tremco filed false claims in connection with two multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA) for roofing...
Whistleblower Lawsuits Lead To $3.7 Million Recovery For Federal Student Aid Programs
ATI Enterprises Inc. will pay the government $3.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely certified compliance with federal student aid programs’ eligibility requirements and submitted claims for ineligible students. Allegedly, ATI Enterprises...
Radiologist Receives $565,500 For Exposing Fraudulent MRI Billing Practices
New York-based Imagimed LLC, the company’s former owners, William B. Wolf III and Dr. Timothy J. Greenan, and the company’s former chief radiologist, Dr. Steven Winter, will pay $3.57 million to resolve allegations that they submitted to federal healthcare programs...
Radiation Oncology Providers To Pay $3.5 Million To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
Radiation oncology providers in Pensacola, Fla., will pay $3.5 million to the government and the state of Florida to resolve allegations that they billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE – the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees and their...