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...
COVID-19 Con: Connecticut Company Pays $2M+ to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to PPP Loan
Posted 02/28/25
Although the pandemic has ended, government enforcement against fraudsters who took advantage of emergency government assistance programs continues.
On February 25, in a case brought by a whistleblower, the government that the Waterbury, Connecticut company, MacDermid Incorporated paid $2,226,623.62 to settle False Claims Act allegations that its subsidiary, Coventya Inc., falsely certified its...
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
By the 91pornWhistleblower Team
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...
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