False Claims Act
January 10, 2014
Michael R. Barr, former chief executive officer for HealthEssentials Solutions Inc., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by causing HealthEssentials to submit false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
The government alleged that HealthEssentials billed for services that were inflated or not medically...
Barr, False Claims Act, HealthEssentials, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 9, 2014
CareFusion Corp. has agreed to pay $40.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and promoting its products for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Department announced today.
CareFusion, a medical technology company which develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical...
January 8, 2014
Dr. Ravi Sharma has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that he and his clinics violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for vein injections and physician office visits performed by unqualified personnel, the Justice Department announced yesterday.
Sharma, who owned and operated the clinic Premier Vein Centers, allegedly messaged his office manager...
False Claims Act, Fraud, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Sharma, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 3, 2014
The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act case against Florida-based Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), after uncovering allegations of unlawful kickbacks and improper billing claims to federal healthcare entities such as Medicare and Medicaid, the Atlanta Business Chronicle announced last month.
HMA allegedly encouraged physicians to inappropriately admit...
December 31, 2013
St. James Healthcare (St. James) and its parent company, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (Sisters of Charity), have agreed to pay $3.85 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, the Department of Justice announced today.
Allegedly, St. James knowingly provided financial benefits to...
December 30, 2013
Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage may pay the United States more than $320 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act submitting false mortgage claims, Bloomberg Businessweek announced earlier this month.
The settlement would resolve allegations that Taylor Bean knowingly submitted fraudulent mortgages to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, mortgage fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Taylor Bean, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 27, 2013
Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay the United States $5.475 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce doctors to implant the company’s vascular products, the Justice Department announced today. Abbott is a global pharmaceuticals and health care products company.
The settlement...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
December 23, 2013
Genzyme Corp. (Genzyme) has agreed to pay $22.28 million to resolve allegations, under the False Claims Act, that they knowingly marketed and caused false claims to be submitted to federal and state health care programs for use of a “slurry” version of its Seprafilm adhesion barrier, the Justice Department announced today.
Seprafilm is a thin film...
False Claims Act, Genzyme, Genzyme Corp., qui tam lawsuit, slurry, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 20, 2013
The Justice Department secured $3.8 billion for settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud against the government in the 2013 fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
This amount, which is the second largest annual recovery of its type in history, brings total recoveries under the False Claims Act, since 2009, to $17 billion – nearly...
December 19, 2013
Cardiologist Dr. Elie H. Korban (Korban) will pay $1.15 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cardiac stent placements, the Justice Department announced today.
Cardiac stents are mesh tubes placed in coronary arteries of patients to keep their arteries open during the treatment of coronary heart disease....
cardiologist, False Claims Act, Kroban, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
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