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HCA Settles with Department of Justice for $16.5M
Nashville-based HCA Holdings (NYSE:HCA) has agreed to pay the federal government $16.5 million to settle accusations that subsidiaries of the nation's largest hospital chain paid physicians for referrals. The case arose from a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2008 in...
Massachusetts Health Officials Report Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak Failed to Follow Safety Rules
The Wall Street Journal reports that New England Compounding Center, the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak, failed to take crucial steps to ensure the safety of its products, according to state health officials. The Journal notes the firm...
Medical Supply Company Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Settle Claims of Fraudulent Medicare Billing
Another medical supply company has been held accountable for improper Medicare billing. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice: A Mississippi medical equipment and supply company will pay about $1.8 million to settle claims that it...
Tennessee-Based Home Health Care Provider & Related Entities Agree to Pay More Than $9 M to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2012 James W. Carell, CareAll Management LLC (formerly known as Diversified Health Management Inc.), Care All Inc., the...
McKesson Agrees to Pay States over $151 Million to Resolve False Claim Pricing Case
NEWS RELEASE Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr. July 27, 2012, #12-12 Tennessee will receive approximately $2 million as part of a national agreement with one of the largest American drug distributors, McKesson Corp. for allegedly causing the government to overpay...
Hospice Care of Kansas and Texas-based Parent Company to Pay $6.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 21, 2012 Hospice Care of Kansas and Texas-based Parent Company to Pay $6.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Allegedly Submitted False Claims for Patients Who Did Not Have...
Physicians group to pay $4.36 million in settlement over billing
By News Sentinel staff Thursday, May 3, 2012 KNOXVILLE — A physicians practice group has agreed to pay $4.36 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law while submitting false claims for medical services. The settlement involves Apex Medical Group, doing...
AmMed Direct to Pay $18 Million to Settle Allegations That It Submitted False Claims to Medicare and TennCare
Nashville, TN. April 13, 2012 – Michael Hamilton of Provost Umphrey Law Firm LLP and Patrick Barrett of Barrett Law Office, PLLC are pleased to announce that AmMed Direct, LLC, a provider of diabetic testing supplies and other durable medical equipment, has agreed to...