The False Claims Act enables a private citizen with unique knowledge of fraud committed against the federal government (such as health care fraud, contract fraud, and tax fraud) to file a lawsuit under seal (not accessible to the public) seeking treble (triple the amount) damages on behalf of the government... Read more about the False Claims Act
Samsung Electronics America Inc. has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for products sold on contracts, in violation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts are awarded by General Service Administration (GSA) to multiple companies supplying comparable products and services. Once GSA negotiates... full text
Arizona non-profit Carondelet Health Network, doing business as Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., has agreed to pay the United States $35 million to settle allegations that the hospitals knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced yesterday.
The settlement agreement resolves allegations that... full text
California-based pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company improperly set temperature monitors used in shipping vaccines under its contract with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The government alleged that McKesson failed to comply with the shipping and handling requirements of its vaccine distribution contract with the CDC. Under the contract,... full text
The City of New York has agreed to pay the federal government $1.05 million to resolve allegations that the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to New York State’s Medicaid program, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York announced on Monday.
Medicaid is a matching program in which the United States shares with the States the cost of medical services for low income and disabled individuals. Several... full text
Community Health Systems (CHS), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to government health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. One of the company’s affiliated hospitals, Laredo Medical Center (LMC), also allegedly billed Medicare for services in violation of the Stark Law. The Stark... full text
Hawaii-based Matson Navigation Company has agreed to pay $9.95 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with bills for ocean fuel surcharges to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the National Law Review reported last week.
Matson and Horizon Lines, a subcontractor for Matson, allegedly billed the DOD for transporting military cargo and household items by ocean when in fact a portion of it was shipped by rail.... full text
Paris-based global financial institution BNP Paribas has agreed to pay $80 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for payment guarantees issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The United States filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas in connection with its receipt of payment guarantees under USDA’s Supplier Credit Guarantee (SCG) Program. The program provided... full text
The United States government has elected to intervene in a lawsuit against Symantec Corporation, alleging that Symantec knowing submitted or caused the submission of false claims on a General Services Administration software contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Symantec entered into a Multiple Award Schedule contract with GSA that allowed Symantec to sell software and related items directly to federal purchasers. The case alleges that Symantec knowingly... full text
Alabama-based Infirmary Health System (IHS), two affiliated clinics, and Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. (DPG) have agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or cause the submission of false claims to the Medicare program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Two IHS affiliated clinics—IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic, in Mobile, and IMC-Northside Clinic, in Saraland, Alabama—allegedly had agreements with DPG to pay the... full text
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against Midwest Neurosurgeons LLC and its owner, Dr. Sanjay Fonn, and DS Medical LLC and its owner, Deborah Seeger, for alleged violations of the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute in connection with spinal implants and supplies used during surgeries performed by Dr. Fonn.
The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration to induce referrals of items or services covered by Medicare,... full text
