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Medstar Health $35 Million Whistleblower Kickback Settlement

The Department of Justice announced that it reached a whistleblower kickback settlement under the False Claims Act with Medstar Health. Hospital Kickback Allegations Medstar Health Inc. and its fellow defendants are hospitals and medical centers. The allegations revolve around kickbacks. While kickbacks in many industries are legal, they are not in the healthcare industry. The Anti-Kickback Statute makes it…

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Whistleblower Award For Qui Tam Case: Ambulance Fraud

Case Name: United States et al. ex rel. Ernest Sharp v. Americare Ambulance Case Number: 8:13-cv-1171T33-AEP Settlement Amount: $5.5 Million Court: Middle District of Florida Ambulance Fraud Case Description AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare), agreed to pay $5.5 Million to resolve  a False Claims Act lawsuit. The qui tam lawsuit alleges…

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Covidien Settles False Claims Act Case for $13 million

Case Name: United States ex rel. Doe v. Covidien et al. Court: Eastern District Pennsylvania Settlement Amount: $13,000,000 Covidien LP (“Defendant”) agreed to pay $13 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by qui tam lawyer Shauna Itri on behalf of her client in November 2015. The doctor fraud lawsuit alleges that the Defendant used a post-market registry to pay…

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Walgreens Settles False Claims Act case for $269 Million

$269 Million False Claims Act Settlement Against Walgreens Walgreens Pays $269 Million to Settle Multiple False Claims Act cases. The cases allege that the retail pharmacy (1) over billed the government for insulin pens by understating the amount of treatment days covered by supplies of pens that allowed it to bill for prescriptions that would have been denied as…

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