False Claims Act
December 12, 2013
Northrop Grumman Corp. (Northrop ) has paid the United States $11.4 million to settle a government claim for penalties provided under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and False Claims Act allegations stemming from its failure to abide by a 2002 settlement agreement, the Justice Department announced earlier this week.
Northrop allegedly charged federal contracts certain...
False Claims Act, Northrop, Northrop Grumman Corp., qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 10, 2013
The government has intervened in a lawsuit against IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc. (IPC), and its subsidiaries, under the False Claims Act, for submitting false claims to federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced yesterday.
IPC, one of the largest providers of hospitalist services in the US, employs physicians and other health care providers who work in...
False Claims Act, IPC, IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., qui tam lawsuit, upcoding, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 9, 2013
Lynch Ambulance has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit, under the False Claims Act, alleging it received overpayments from the Medicare program and other federal health care programs for transporting patients who were not eligible for ambulance transports, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last month.
Allegedly, Lynch Ambulance knowingly billed...
False Claims Act, Lynch Ambulance, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 6, 2013
A federal jury has found that JM Eagle, the nation’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, violated the False Claims Act when it knowingly sold defective pipes to states and municipalities for use in drinking water, firefighting, irrigation and other public systems, the New York Times reported.
JM Eagle, formerly J-M Manufacturing, allegedly cut costs by using shoddy...
December 4, 2013
Caremark LLC (Caremark) has agreed to pay the government more than $4.2 million to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, that they knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs, the Justice Department announced earlier this week. Caremark is operated by CVS Caremark Corp., one of the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company and...
Caremark, Caremark LLC, dual eligible, False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
December 3, 2013
Several California companies and individuals that formerly supplied beef to the National School Lunch Program have agreed to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, of inhumane handling of cattle, circumventing appropriate inspection of non-ambulatory disabled (“downer”) cattle and false representations regarding their eligibility to process beef, the...
cattle, False Claims Act, HSUS, National School Lunch Program, qui tam lawsuit, The Humane Society of the United States, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 27, 2013
Vantage Oncology LLC (Vantage) has agreed to pay the government more than $2.08 million to settle allegations, under the False Claims Act, that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for radiation oncology services, the Justice Department announced last week.
The government alleged that Vantage double billed and overbilled Medicare for certain procedures, billed...
False Claims Act, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Vantage, Vantage Oncology LLC, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 22, 2013
Iraqi Consultants and Construction Bureau (ICCB) has agreed to pay the U.S. $2.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by bribing a U.S. government official to obtain U.S. government contracts in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced earlier this month.
The government alleged that ICCB, a privately owned construction company...
False Claims Act, ICCB, Iraqi Consultants and Construction Bureau, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 22, 2013
Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $3.7 million to the United States Department of Justice to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by filing false claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week.
Baptist Health Systems allegedly filed improper claims with the Medicare...
Baptist Health Systems, False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 25, 2013
Basco Manufacturing Co. (Basco) has agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false customs declarations to avoid paying duties on products imported from the PRC (People’s Republic of China), the Department of Justice announced last week.
The U.S. government alleged that Basco made false declarations to the U.S....
antidumping, Basco, China, countervailing, duties, False Claims Act, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
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