LiveCare Inc. Resolves False Claims Act Allegations With $4.9 Million Settlement
Posted 02/14/25
Another settlement that resulted in a monetary award for folks who decided to blow the whistle. On January 31, United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg that LiveCare Inc. agreed to pay approximately $4.9 million to resolve allegations that the Venice, Florida-based medical company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act.
LiveCare provides remote patient monitoring services to Type 2...
Lockheed Martin Pays More Than $40M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Charges of Overcharging for Military Aircraft
Posted 02/7/25
Yesterday (February 6), the Department of Justice (DOJ) that Maryland-based defense contractor Lockheed Martin agreed to pay roughly $30 million to settle DOJ and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act by overcharging the government on several F-35 military aircraft contracts. This is on top of the $11.3 million the company previously paid the Department of Defense (DOD) for similar...
Pfizer to Pay $60M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Kickback Charges
Posted 01/27/25
Last Friday (January 24), the Department of Justice that Pfizer Inc. subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company agreed to pay roughly $60 million to settle DOJ and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by paying kickbacks to induce prescriptions of Biohaven’s migraine medication Nurtec ODT. The alleged misconduct occurred prior to Pfizer’s acquisition...
Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries in Healthcare for 2024
Posted 01/22/25
As we noted in our Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveriespost, it was another big year of recoveries under the False Claims Act. As usual, the majority of recoveries occurred in cases involving healthcare fraud.
As the Department of Justice (DOJ) just reported in its annual roundup of False Claims Act successes, of the $2.9 billion the government and whistleblowers recovered this past fiscal year (ending September...
Scientific Research Misconduct: Athira Pharma Inc. Will Pay $4M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 01/13/25
Athira Pharma Inc., a Bothwell, Washington-based, clinical stage bio-pharmaceutical company, will pay $4,068,698 to allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. It failed to report claims of research misconduct to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Research Integrity when filling out grant applications and grant award progress...
Independent Health to Pay $98M to Resolve Medicare Advantage Fraud Allegations
Posted 01/7/25
On December 29, 2024, the government that Buffalo, New York’s Independent Health Association and Independent Health Corporation (collectively known as Independent Health) have agreed to pay up to $98 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting, or causing the submission of, invalid diagnosis codes to Medicare for Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees. 91porn
DOJ Ends 2024 with a Flood of False Claims Act Successes
Posted 12/30/24
While many of us are enjoying the slowdown typically accompanying the holiday season, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been hard at work with a flood of False Claims Act successes to usher in the New Year. In the last two weeks alone, DOJ has secured roughly a dozen such settlements, returning roughly $165 million to the government's coffers.
The False Claims Act is the government’s primary fraud-fighting...
California Clinics, Lab, and Their Owners Pay $10M to Resolve False Claims, Kickback, and Stark Law Allegations
Posted 12/30/24
On December 26, the DOJ that medical clinics, a lab, and the owners will pay $10 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare and California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law).
The defendants include Southern California Medical Center (SCMC), R & B Medical Group Inc., doing business as...
16 Cardiology 91porn Across 12 States Pay $17.7M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 12/27/24
On December 20, 2024, the government that 16 cardiology practices and physicians across 12 states will pay a total of $17,761,564 to settle claims that they overbilled Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and thereby violated the False Claims Act (FCA).
Diagnostic are “radioactive drugs that healthcare providers use for special imaging tests and for treating certain types of...
Fraud alert! California Hospital Pays $10.25M to Resolve Whistleblower Suit Alleging Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions and Kickbacks
Posted 12/16/24
On December 12, the DOJ that California’s Oroville Hospital will pay $10,250,000 to the United States and the State of California to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions, a kickback and physician self-referral scheme, and the use of incorrect diagnosis codes to maximize reimbursements. Oroville Hospital will pay...