The Waltham Massachusetts based diagnostic-testing company Alere Inc. is under investigation by Federal investigators who are looking forĀ information about government-billing practices.The latest investigation Alere concerns U.S. government insurance programs, including Medicare for the elderly, Medicaid for the poor and Tricare for the military, Alere said in a statement. The July 1 subpoena to...
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Category: Medicaid Fraud
Yellow Cab parent company pays $1.125 million to settle Medicaid fraud allegations for medical transports
Three cab companies have agreed to pay the U.S. more than $1 million to resolve Medicaid fraud allegations. Three at Irving Holdings, the parent company of Yellow Cab -- will pay a total of $1.125 million for violating the False Claims Act, a law that penalizes parties for defrauding government programs, U.S. Attorney John...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $46.7 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Claims Against Centerlight Healthcare For Enrollment Of Ineligible Individuals In Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care Plan
CenterLight Healthcare Admits Collecting Medicaid Payments for 1,241 Ineligible Managed Long-Term Care Plan Members Who Attended or Were Referred by Social Adult Day Center. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of...
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Bloomingdale Doctor sentenced to 2 years in prison for Medicare fraud
A doctor has who was an employee and part-owner of Bloomingdale-based Home Care Physicians Inc. been sentenced to two years in federal prison for a fraud scheme that cost the Medicare program at least $4 million. Dr. Arthur Davida, 62, pleaded guilty last year to health care fraud, according to a statement...
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Pfizer unlikely to dump DOJ suit alleging $2 billion plus overcharges to Medicaid
In a lawsuit pending in the Federal Courthouse In Boston against Pfizer Inc. in which the Department of Justice says the company owes the Government more than $2 billion, the Judge said he has an "inclination" to deny the company's four-year-old request to throw out the lawsuit.
The Justice Department lawsuit specifically alleges that the...
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Walgreen Co. to pay $22.4 million to settle Medicaid fraud case for child meds
Walgreen Co will pay $22.4 million to settle a whistleblower case Ā claiming that a unit improperly billed the government for reimbursement for a pediatric drug.Ā The settlement, disclosed in court papers filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, resolves claims first asserted in 2009 by a whistleblower in a lawsuit against Trinity Homecare...
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AstraZeneca and Cephalon pay $46.5 Million and $7.5 million for underpaying Medicaid rebates
AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the United States and participating states a total of $46.5 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that it knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the Justice Department announced today. Of that amount, AstraZeneca will pay roughly $26.7 million, plus interest, to the...
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Fake Medicaid claims for children’s therapy results in Medicaid fraud arrests
A rehabilitation clinic and its owners have been accused of faking Medicaid claims for children's therapy services that were never rendered. One employee was a woman who was unlicensed called herself a doctor and she has been charged with illegally diagnosing patients and prescribing drugs billed to Medicare. Authorities listed...
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Uncle Sam says Novartis should pay $3.35 BILLION for kickback schemes
The United States Department of Justice says that Novartis should pay $3.35 BILLION in damages for using kickbacks to boost sales of two of its drugs which resulted in Medicare and Medicaid to overpay for those medications, Myfortic for kidney transplants and Exjade to reduce excess iron in patients who have blood transfusions.
The Government...
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Department of Justice collects $2.3 billion in 2014 healthcare fraud recoveries
The Justice Department recovered $2.3 billion from whistleblower cases alleging healthcare fraud schemes in fiscal 2014.
It was the fifth consecutive year the Justice Department recovered more than $2 billion from cases alleging fraud against Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. Whistle-blowers, are allowed to file lawsuits on behalf of...
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