St. Joseph Medical Center has agreed to pay the federal government over $4.9 million for over-billing the Medicaid and Medicare system by keeping patients in the hospital for longer than needed. The U.S. Attorneys Office said that by keeping patients in the hospital for short stays of one or two days, it was able...
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Category: False Claims Act
Sleep diagnostic company American Sleep Medicine to pay $15.3 million to settle whistleblower case for bilking Uncle Sam
American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that it fraudulently billed Uncle Sam for sleep diagnostic services. American Sleep is on of the nation's largest sleep disorder treatment organizations and it owns and operates 19 facilities throughout the United States. The whistleblower Daniel Purnell said...
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Lap dances mortgage payments and other kickbacks lead to $12.2 Million settlement by Victory Pharma Inc. in whistleblower case
Victory Pharma Inc. has agreed to pay $12.5 million to Uncle Sam to settle a whistleblower suit alleging it paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its pain meds. The kickbacks, according to the complaint, took the form of cash, tickets to sporting events, golf outings, trips and more. It also included...
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SCHOOL SYSTEM TO PAY FEDS $1 MILLION FOR WHISTLE-BLOWER CASE AFTER FALSIFYING GRANT APP
The Fairfax County Public Schools is repaying $1million to the federal government after forging signatures on an application for grant money the school system used to help at risk students prep for college and careers. A school employee writing the grant application lied about receiving private-sector in kind contributions from private companies and forged...
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Whistleblower sues to halt 2CND BP Oil Platform
The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of New Brunswick, N.J., and two of its subsidiaries, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Johnson.
Big Dig Fraud
The Relator was an employee "Scale Master" for a Massachusetts company providing road construction material for The Big Dig. He was required to create false tickets to establish that truckloads of material were delivered to job sites, even though they never were. The Relator filed a False Claims Act case and the government intervened....
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HOSPICE COMPANY PAYS $6.1 MILLION FOR SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIMS
The United States government will collect $6.1 million from Hospice Care of Kansas LLC and its parent company, Ft. Worth, Texas-based Voyager HospiceCare Inc. as a result to resolve False Claims Act allegations. Former Hospice Care of Kansas nurse, Beverly Landis, under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act...
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GRAFTON MASS. MAN CHARGED IN CONN. MEDICAID SCHEME UNDER FALSE CLAIMS ACT
A North Grafton Massachusetts man is charged in connection with an alleged Medicaid fraud in Connecticut, the Connecticut Post reports. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has brought a civil action against 28 individuals, dental practices and corporations, including Paul Anusavice of North Grafton, the paper reports.Jepsen, in his action against Mehran Zamani of Stamford,...
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DID SEALING BOSTON WHISTLEBLOWER CASE AGAINST TAKEDA HIDE DANGERS OF ACTOS?
Under a whistleblower law called The False Claims Act, cases with primary and unique information concerning fraud on the government can yield significant rewards for the whistleblower. Just such a case was filed under seal, AS REQUIRED, and hidden from the public by a whistleblower Helen Ge in 2010, against a U.S. unit of...
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WHISTLEBLOWER: TAKEDA COVERED UP HEART HEALTH RISKS OF ACTOS
A whistle-blower has filed a lawsuit with specific and detailed information that Takeda Pharmacueticals failed to provide accurate reports about hundreds of congestive heart failures associated with the its diabetes medication Actos. It is unclear now as to how many individuals might have taken the drug and suffered damages but the government is examining...
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