Updates on all whistleblower settlements related to the False Claims Act, CIFPA, and SEC Whistleblower Program
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…
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…
Below please find information related to dermatologist fraud. Case Name: United States ex rel. Janet Burke v. Norman A. Brooks, M.D. Inc. et al. Case Number: 14-6735 Settlement Amount: $3 million Court: Central District of California Description of Dermatologist Fraud Qui Tam Case A dermatologist and surgeon settled a False Claims Act case against him for $2,681,400. This qui…
$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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The Department of Justice announced that it…