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Alere Inc. And Alere San Diego Inc. Agree To Pay $38.75M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

August 14, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 8, 2021 that medical device manufacturers Alere Inc. and Alere San Diego Inc. (collectively, “Alere”) have agreed to pay $38.75 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated the False Claims Act by billing, and causing others [...]

Avanos Medical Inc. Pays $22M To Resolve Criminal Charge Related To Fraudulent Misbranding Of Its MicroCool Surgical Gowns

August 13, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 8, 2021 that Avanos Medical Inc. (“Avanos”), a U.S.-based multinational medical device corporation, has agreed to pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge relating to the company’s fraudulent misbranding of its MicroCool su[...]

California Homeopathic Doctor Arrested For Fake COVID-19 Immunization And Vaccination Card Scheme

August 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 15, 2021 that a homeopathic doctor licensed in California was arrested for her alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and to falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers had received the U.S. Food and Dru[...]

Medical Director Of Maryland Pain Management Practice Pleads Guilty To Accepting Kickbacks

June 26, 2021

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced on June 10, 2021 that 65-year-old Howard Hoffberg, M.D. (“Hoffman”) pleaded guilty on June 9, 2021 to the federal charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statutes in connection with a scheme to accept payments from a phar[...]

135 Month Prison Sentence For Health Care Fraud Involving Tricare

June 13, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced on May 28, 2021 that a Georgia man was sentenced on May 27, 2021 to over 135 months in federal prison for defrauding Tricare of approximately $12 million through a South Florida compounding pharmacy fraud scheme. Tricare[...]

Feds Detail $65 Million Nationwide Conspiracy To Defraud Federal Health Care Programs

June 12, 2021

The owners of four orthotic brace suppliers and several marketing companies were charged in a complaint unsealed on April 21, 2021 for allegedly orchestrating a nationwide kickback and bribery scheme to order medically unnecessary orthotic braces for Medicare beneficiaries. The complaint alleges tha[...]

Sava Senior Care To Pay $11.2M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

June 7, 2021

The U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on May 21, 2021 that SavaSeniorCare LLC (“Sava”) has agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claim[...]

University Of Miami Agrees To Pay $22 Million To Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

May 31, 2021

The United States Department of Justice announced on May 10, 2021 that the University of Miami (“UM”) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary laboratory tests, and submitting false claims through its lab[...]

Three Florida Men Charged With $46M Healthcare Fraud

May 25, 2021

The U.S. Departmnet of Justice announced on May 3, 2021 that three telemarketing company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $47 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme involving the referral of medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs in excha[...]

South Dakota Neurosurgeon Will Pay $4.4M To Settle Healthcare Fraud Allegations

May 23, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 3, 2021 that neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to il[...]

Feds Detail Hospice And Home Health Agencies $150 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

May 20, 2021

A Texas man was sentenced on April 21, 2021 to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in orde[...]

Federal Appellate Court Partially Affirms Medtronic Win In Fraudulent Spinal Devices Case

April 22, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum opinion filed on April 2, 2021 in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Medtronic Inc. and various related entities fraudulently obtained Food and Drug Administration c[...]

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