In July of this year, the medical device company C.R. Bard and its wholly owned subsidiary Pro Seed Inc, agreed to pay $48.26 to settle claims that it knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare for Brachytherapy seeds used to treat prostate cancer. According to whistleblower Julie Darity, a former Bard contract administration...

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. India's largest generic drug manufacturer has agreed to pay $500 million to the United States and individual states to resolve allegations brought forth by whistleblower Dinesh S. Thakur that the company falsified drug data and systematically violated Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practices resulting in substandard and unapproved drugs. The Settlement is...

A jury has determined that Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter South Carolina violated the False Claims Act by submitting tens of thousands of illegal bills to Medicare worth $39 million. The case, brought forward to the government by a whistleblower charged that the hospital was paying doctors in ways that rewarded them financially for...

The Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospitals d/b/a Spaulding Rehab Hospital in Salem Ma., a member of Partners Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay $91,800 to the United States Government for billing Medicare for certain days of patient care in violation of Medicare's "midnight rule." The case, filed by a whistleblower and former employee of the hospital...

Intermountain Health Care Inc. will pay the government $25.5 million to settle claims it violated the Stark Statute and False Claims Act by having improper relationships with referring physicians. The Stark Law restricts financial relationships between hospitals have with doctors who refer patients to them. The government alleged that the hospital had improper employment...

Hospice of Arizona and its related entity American Hospice Management LLC and parent corporation American Hospice Management Holdings LLC have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act for submitting false claims to Medicare for ineligible hospice services. The Medicare hospice benefit is available to patients with...

Metro North Newspapers Inc. and Mile High Newspapers in Colorado have settled a whistleblower case for knowingly submitting false information to the United States Postal Service (USPS) to obtain reduced mailing rates. Under postal regulations, certain publications are eligible for reduced mailing rates which are substantially less than first class mailing rates. However, to...

Just after the economic crisis hit in 2008 federal and state prosecutors and private whistleblowers have increasingly used the power of the False Claims Act (FCA) to bring lawsuits against major national lending institutions. They are revealing rabid and clear fraud regarding their role in the mortgage backed securities debacle; predatory lending; student loan...

A Venice Florida dermatologist Steven J. Wasserman has agreed to pay $26.1 million to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by accepting illegal kickbacks in a Medicare fraud scheme. He was accused of taking money from Tampa Pathology Laboratory and billing the Medicare program for medically unnecessary services. ΠWasserman...