Government Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Vohra Wound Physicians Management and Its Owner
Posted 04/9/25
On April 4, the government announced it filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC (Vohra), its entities, and its founder Dr. Ameet Vohra. Among other violations, the government alleged the company submitted false claims to Medicare for upcoded and medically unnecessary wound care services.
Vohra, one of the country’s largest wound care providers, has contracts...
Network that Offers Programs for Adults with Disabilities Agrees to Pay $5M to Settle False Claims Act Case
Posted 04/7/25
The government announced it settled a civil fraud lawsuit against Community Options, Inc., (“COI”) and Community Options New York, Inc., (“CONY,” and together with COI, the “Defendants” or “Community Options”) for fraudulently billing Medicaid for services without necessary and accurate documentation and failing to report and return overpayments to Medicaid. Defendants agreed to pay the United States...
DOJ Announces Major Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement - Brought By a Whistleblower Of Course
Posted 03/31/25
By the 91pornWhistleblower Team
On March 26, California-based Seoul Medical Group Inc. and its subsidiary Advanced Medical Management agreed to pay $58,740,000 to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) and whistleblower charges they violated the False Claims Act by bilking the Medicare Advantage program out of millions of dollars through false diagnoses of their patients. Seoul Medical's former founder...
Cybersecurity 101: What Can We Learn from the White House’s Signal Slip Up and MORSECORP’s $4M+ False Claims Act Settlement
Posted 03/31/25
If the White House’s faux pax using Signal last week wasn’t enough of a wakeup call for the lax cybersecurity folks out there, we don’t know what is. Unless you’re off the grid, you’ve likely already been bombarded with news about The Atlantic’s journalist who was added to a government group chat and received confidential information about attack plans.
As more communications and transactions naturally...
Scamming the System: $10M+ Paid to Settle COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud Allegations in 2 Cases Brought by Whistleblowers
Posted 03/28/25
In the deluge of recent enforcement actions battling COVID-19 fraud, the government announced that a wide range of companies fraudulently certified their loan eligibility and received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended for qualifying small businesses seeking emergency relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Just in the past few weeks, two separate companies, a...
A COVID-19 Club Con: The Detroit Club Owners and Operators Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 03/25/25
In the latest example of the government’s ongoing crackdown on Covid-19 fraud, a Michigan-based hotel, social club, and restaurant, The Detroit Club, along with its owners and operators, will pay $357,669 to settle allegations that they defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief programs in violation of the False Claims Act. The settling parties/defendants include Detroit Management Corporation, Lynn Kassotis, Citi...
Vix Technology Inc. Pays $2M+ to Settle Allegations of COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud
Posted 03/21/25
Whistleblowers have been instrumental in the surge of recent government actions against COVID-19 relief fraud. On March 19, the government announced that Vix Technology Inc. (“Vix”) will pay double damages of $2,144,114 to resolve allegations that the company fraudulently submitted their qualifications for, and received, a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration...
Texas Nursing Facility and Hospital Agree to Pay $6.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 03/11/25
On February 28, the government that the Texas-based skilled nursing facility, Providence Park, Inc., (DBA Ascension Living Providence Village) and acute care hospital, Ascension Providence, (FKA Providence Health Services of Waco), settled allegations that the Federal False Claims Act and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act were violated. The total amount paid to resolve the claims is...
Michigan Manufacturer Rosler USA Will Pay $2.2M+ to Settle COVID-19 PPP Loan Program Fraud Allegations
Posted 03/6/25
The Battle Creek, Michigan-based manufacturer, Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC (AKA Rosler), to pay more than $2.2 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the COVID-19-era Paycheck Protection Program, which was initiated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 and administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The PPP was meant to provide loans to...
10th Circuit Rejects Expansion of Collateral Order Doctrine for Public Disclosure Bar
Posted 03/5/25
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals for-profit college Colorado Technical University's (“CTU”) appeal of the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss, holding that CTU failed to meet the high burden required to expand the collateral order doctrine to include the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar.
This case alleges CTU fraudulently misrepresented compliance with federal credit hour...