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West Virginia Hospital Agrees To Pay $50M To Settle Kickbacks Allegations

October 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 9, 2020 that Wheeling Hospital Inc., an acute care hospital located in Wheeling, West Virginia, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to [...]

Anesthesiologist To Spend 66 Months In Prison For His Part In $200M Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 10, 2020

A 61-year-old anesthesiologist was sentenced on August 10, 2020 to 66 months in federal prison for his part in a $200 million health care fraud scheme, after pleading guilty to his involvement in the scheme involving the Forest Park Medical Center, a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal[...]

Spine Surgeon And Medical Device Distributor Agree To Plead Guilty To Illegal Kickback Scheme

October 9, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on August 18, 2020 that a Missouri surgeon and Kansas medical device distributor have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks aimed at inducing the use of spinal implants sold by a med[...]

Tenet Healthcare And An Affiliated Hospital Agree To Pay $1.41M For Allegedly Implanting Unnecessary Cardiac Monitors

June 23, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on February 11, 2020 that Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that[...]

Georgia Man Charged With Attempting To Scam Veterans Administration For Respirator Masks

June 1, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 10, 2020 that a 39-year-old Georgia man was arrested and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia on April 10, 2020 with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs in exchan[...]

Maryland Hospital Agrees To Pay $3,154,000 To Settle False Claims Allegations

July 16, 2019

The United States Attorney’s Office District of Maryland announced on June 27, 2019 that Anne Arundel Medical Center (“AAMC”), located in Annapolis, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $3,154,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false cla[...]

MedStar Health Agrees To Pay U.S. $35 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Paid Kickbacks To MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates In Exchange For Referrals

April 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 21, 2019 that MedStar Health Inc. (“MedStar”), which has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, have agreed to pay the United States $[...]

Pathology Lab Settles False Claims Act Allegations For $63.5M

February 12, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on January 30, 2019 that pathology laboratory company Inform Diagnostics has agreed to pay $63.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians. Inform Diagnostics,[...]

$2.5 Billion Recovered From Health Care False Claims Act Cases In Fiscal Year 2018

February 7, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 21, 2018 that the Department obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. Recoveries since 1986, when Congress [...]

$269.2 Million Settlement With Walgreens In Two Civil Healthcare Fraud Lawsuits

February 3, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York (Manhattan U.S. Attorney) announced on January 22, 2019 that the United States filed and settled two healthcare fraud lawsuits against national pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (“Walgreens”) in [...]

Pharmaceutical Company Agrees To Pay $360M To Settle Copays Kickback Scheme

December 21, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 6, 2018 that Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (“Actelion”) has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve claims that it illegally used a nonprofit foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Actelion[...]

Signature Healthcare Agrees To Pay More Than $30M To Resolve False Claims Allegations

August 6, 2018

On June 11, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee announced that Signature HealthCARE, LLC (“Signature”) has agreed to pay more than $30 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitt[...]

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