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Dallas Hospital Reaches Settlement With the Government for Stark Violations

January 03, 2008 03:24

According to the U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas, Harris Methodist HEB Hospital, a 284 bed acute-care facility, will pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by improperly submitting claims for payment for orthopedic-related items...

U.S. Joins Suit Against Renal Care Group Alleging False Billings to Medicare for Home Care Renal Dialysis

August 28, 2007 15:06

Last month, the United States intervened in a qui tam lawsuit accusing Renal Care Group Inc. (RCG) and Renal Care Group Supply Company (RCGSC) of fraudulently billing Medicare. The suit alleges that RCG and RCGSC fraudulently billed for supplies and equipment provided to End Stage Renal Disease...

Feds Sue Nursing Home Company

June 25, 2007 18:19

Cathedral Rock Corporation of Ft. Worth, Texas, which operates five nursing homes in St. Louis, Missouri has to now defend itself against a medicaid fraud lawsuit brought by federal authorities for violations of the False Claims Act.  The lawsuit was brought by two whistleblower nurses...

Medicis Pharmaceutical Pays $9.8 Million to Settle False Claims Accusations

May 17, 2007 17:53

   Medicis Pharmaceutical, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is paying $9.8 million to settle False Claims Act allegations.  This case was brought by four former Medicis sales representatives. The allegations centered around Loprox, a topical skin preparation.  Loprox, while...

Inflated Cost Reports Cost California Hospital Over $2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

April 30, 2007 15:10

On April 20, 2007, the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center paid the United States government in excess of $2 million to settle allegations of overbilling from 1992-1996.  The settlementis the result of a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act.  The lawsuit was...

DOJ May Join False Claims Act Lawsuit to Collect $30 Million Relator Share

April 30, 2007 15:07

The Department of Justice may end up joining a False Claims Act case to collect the $30 Million recovery won by the relator but then subsequently overturned by Judge Phillip Figa citing that fact that if a relator is dismissed from a case, the court still has subject matter jurisdiction if it...

$15.5 Million Owed to Feds By Houston Hospital District

March 29, 2007 13:50

Harris County, a part of the Houston, Texas healthcare system for the needy became the system for the greedy when it overcharged the federal government by district employees who”were asleep at the switch,”according to Commissioner Steve Radack. During 200-2005 federal...

House Committee Passes Whistleblower Bill Which Effectively Offers a Safety Net for Qui Tam Relators who were Retaliated Against

February 21, 2007 20:59

The House Government Reform Committee earlier this month passed a bill intended to strengthen and extend federal employees’ rights when disclosing agency misdeeds. It is called the Whistleblower Protection Act of 2007 and was introduced by Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and...

RightCHOICE Managed Care Chooses Settlement in False Claims Act Case

February 06, 2007 21:09

Right Choice Managed Care is paying the United States Government $975,000 to resolve allegations that it overcharged the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. The whistleblower in the case initially filed against Wellpoint Health Networks , which merged into/with Right Choice after the...

Unlawful Use of Grant Money Costs Cancer Institute $2.3 Million

January 26, 2007 15:44

The Institute for Cancer Prevention (IFCP) has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve civil False Claims Act charges as well as potentially other claims arising from their improper receipt and use of federal grant money. IFCP was a not for profit medical research foundation located in Valhalla, New...