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Visiting Nurse Service of New York Agrees To Pay $57M To Settle False Claims Allegations

August 10, 2020

Pursuant to the Amended Settlement Agreement filed on June 25. 2020 in federal case number 1:14-cv-05739-AJN, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (“VNSNY”) has agreed to pay the total sum of $57,000,000 to resolve the following allegations that cover the period from January 1, 2004 th[...]

Atlanta Hospital System Agrees To Pay $16 million To Settle False Claims Allegations

August 9, 2020

The United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia announced on June 25, 2020 that Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. (“Piedmont”), an Atlanta-based hospital system, has agreed to pay $16 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and M[...]

Federal Civil Fraud Suit Filed Against Anthem, Inc., For Falsely Certifying The Accuracy Of Its Diagnosis Data

July 3, 2020

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York announced on March 27, 2020 that the United States filed a civil fraud lawsuit against ANTHEM, INC. (“ANTHEM”), alleging that ANTHEM falsely certified the accuracy of the diagnosis data it submitted to the Centers f[...]

Harvard University Agrees To Pay Over $1.3 Million To Resolve Overcharging NIH Grants Allegations

June 20, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on April 27, 2020 that Harvard University (“Harvard”) has agreed to pay $1,359,791 to resolve allegations that Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) overcharged certain grants funded by the National I[...]

Virginia Hospital System And ENT Practice Agree To Pay Over $9M To Settle False Claims Act Kickback Allegations

June 16, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced on April 22, 2020 that a Virginia hospital system and ENT practice have agreed to pay over $9 million to settle allegations that they entered into an illegal kickback scheme in violation of the federal False Claims Act and t[...]

Florida Pain Clinic Agrees To Pay $41M To Settle Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing Claims

June 5, 2020

The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announced on April 15, 2020 that a Florida pain clinic and associated other defendants have agreed to pay a total of $41 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other fede[...]

U.S. Attorney Sues Spinal Device Company And Its Executives Alleging Kickbacks Paid To Surgeons

May 22, 2020

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on March 5, 2020 that it has settled civil health care fraud claims against five physicians, each of whom admitted to seeking and obtaining kickbacks from SpineFrontier, a provider of devices in spinal surgeries, v[...]

Pennsylvania Prescription Drugs “Goodie Bags” Doctor Pays $2.8M To Settle Healthcare Fraud Claims

April 23, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on March 17, 2020 that a Pennsylvania doctor who was alleged to have given out “Goodie Bags” of prescription drugs, including dangerous controlled drugs, has agreed to pay a total of $2.8 m[...]

U.S. Accuses Insys Therapeutics Of Paying Kickbacks To Physicians To Prescribe Opioid Spray

June 2, 2018

The United States intervened in five lawsuits on April 13, 2018 that accuse Insys Therapeutics Inc. (“Insys”) of violating the False Claims Act in connection with the marketing of Subsys, a sublingual spray form of fentanyl (a powerful but highly addictive opioid painkiller), which was a[...]

$5M Paid To U.S. By Texas Nursing Home For Alleged Worthless Nursing Home Services

November 24, 2017

The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, announced on October 19, 2017 that Health Services Management Inc. (“HSM”) has paid the United States and the State of Texas $5 million to resolve claims that it billed the Medicare and Medicaid program[...]

Florida Oncologist Sentenced To Almost 6 Years In Prison For Providing Patients With Unapproved Cancer Drugs

August 25, 2017

On August 7, 2017, a Florida oncologist was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison after she was found guilty on November 18, 2016 by a federal jury following a nine-day trial for her receipt and delivery of misbranded drugs, smuggling goods into the United States, health care fraud, and mail [...]

Texas And U.S. Receive $8.45M To Settle Dental Fraud Allegations

January 24, 2017

On January 9, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced that Texas-based MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2) and 21 pediatric dental practices affiliated with MB2, along with their owners and marketing chief, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas[...]

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