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Gilead Sciences Agrees To $202M Settlement For Using Speaker Programs To Pay Kickbacks To Doctors To Induce Them To Prescribe Gilead’s Drugs

June 25, 2025

On April 29, 2025, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the United States has settled a civil fraud lawsuit against Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), a large pharmaceutical manufacturer, that, among other things, develops, manufactures, and sells d[...]

Minnesota Couple Indicted In $15 Million Medical Billing Fraud Scheme

June 9, 2025

On April 10, 2025, an indictment was unsealed alleging that Gabriel Langford and Elizabeth Brown, a Minnesota couple, engaged in a $15 million scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurers by overbilling for neurofeedback therapy, following the couple’s arrest and initial appearances in[...]

Pharmaceutical Company Ordered To Pay Over $1.6B In False Claims Act HIV Drug Marketing Case

May 20, 2025

Relators filed a civil action behalf of the United States, twenty-six states, and the District of Columbia, alleging fifty-six counts under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, and the false claims act of various states (“state FCAs”). The claims arose fro[...]

Justice Department Filed Lawsuit Alleging Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions Of Prescriptions Lacking A Legitimate Medical Purpose

April 24, 2025

In January 2025, the United States Department of Justice announced that it had filed on January 16, 2025 a civil complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co., and various subsidiaries dispensed millions of un[...]

Providence Park, Inc. Agrees To Pay $6.5 Million To Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations

April 17, 2025

Providence Park, Inc., doing business as Ascension Living Providence Village, and Ascension Providence, formerly known as Providence Health Services of Waco, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $6,526,851.64 to resolve allegations under the Federal False Claims Act and the Te[...]

Guilty Plea To $1B Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

April 11, 2025

On February 20, 2025, a Kansas man pleaded guilty to operating an internet-based platform that generated false doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion. According to court documents, Gregory Schreck, 50, of Johnson County, admitted [...]

Maryland Nursing Home Pays $1,289,679 To Settle Maryland False Claims Act Allegations

April 10, 2025

On April 7, 2025, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced a $1,289,679 settlement with Elkton SNF, LLC and Elkton Health Holdco, LLC d/b/a Elkton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (“Elkton”) to settle allegations that the entities violated the Maryland False Health Claims Ac[...]

Medicare Advantage Provider Seoul Medical Group Agrees To Pay More Than $62 Million To Settle False Claims Lawsuit

March 29, 2025

Seoul Medical Group Inc. and its subsidiary Advanced Medical Management Inc., headquartered in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles, have agreed to pay $58.74 million and their former president and majority owner, Dr. Min Young Cha, has agreed to pay $1.76 million for allegedly violating the False Clai[...]

False Claims Act Settlements And Judgments Exceeded $2.9B in Fiscal Year 2024

March 26, 2025

The False Claims Act imposes treble damages and penalties on those who knowingly and falsely claim money from the United States or knowingly fail to pay money owed to the United States. The False Claims Act thus safeguards government programs and operations that provide access to medical care, suppo[...]

Pfizer Agrees To Pay Nearly $60M To Resolve False Claims Allegations Relating To Improper Physician Payments By Subsidiary

March 17, 2025

The United States Department of Justice announced on January 24, 2025 that that pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (“Biohaven”), has agreed to pay $59,746,277 to resolve allegati[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Plaintiff Did Not Have Standing In Medical Information Data Breach Lawsuit

March 16, 2025

The plaintiff, Rebecca Petta, filed a class-action complaint in the circuit court of Champaign County against the defendant, Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C., doing business as Christie Clinic (“Christie”). The complaint alleged that Christie negligently failed to prevent its pat[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Holds Claims Against Physician Who Used His Own Sperm During IVF That Resulted In Pregnancies Are For Ordinary Negligence, And Are Not Claims For Wrongful Life

March 14, 2025

The plaintiffs, who are both in their thirties, were conceived through IVF. The defendant is the reproductive endocrinologist who performed the IVF procedures for the plaintiffs’ respective parents. Unbeknownst to the plaintiffs’ parents, the defendant used his own sperm in the IVF procedures. T[...]

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