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$33.2 Million Settlement For Defective Medical Testing Device

April 10, 2018

Patients and their doctors rely on the safety and effectiveness of medical testing devices when making decisions regarding diagnosis and medical care. Defective or faulty medical testing devices put patient safety at risk and may result in the wrong decisions being made regarding medical treatment, [...]

Tennessee Nursing Home Agrees to Pay $500,000 To Resolve Claims Of Worthless Services

March 5, 2018

A Memphis, Tennessee nursing home has agreed to pay $500,000 to the United States and the State of Tennessee to resolve allegations of false claims to Medicare and Tenncare for services rendered to residents that were materially substandard, worthless, and were provided in violation of certain essen[...]

Allergan Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit For $13M

July 20, 2017

In our blog published on July 5, 2017, we discussed “Open Payments,” which is a federal program, required by the Affordable Care Act, that collects information about the payments drug and device companies make to physicians and teaching hospitals for things like travel, research, gi[...]

California Nursing Home Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled For $3.5M

September 18, 2016

On September 9, 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that on August 3, 2016, a Los Angeles nursing home and two physicians who worked at the California nursing home paid $3,563,140 to resolve civil allegations contained in a federal whistleblower l[...]

Texas-Based Nursing Home Corporation Agrees To $3.2M Settlement For Ambulance Kickback Scheme

December 11, 2015

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced on November 30, 2015 that Texas-based Regent Management Services L.P. (“Regent”), which manages 12 separately owned and operated nursing facilities, including 11 in seven Texas cities, has agreed to pay appro[...]

$9.9M False Claims Settlement To Be Paid By Medtronic

June 7, 2014

On May 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Medtronic, Inc., the large medical device manufacturer based in Fridley, Minnesota, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.9 million to settle claims that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to induce them to implant Medtronic̵[...]

Medicare False Claims Whistleblower To Receive $15M

May 1, 2014

An Alabama nurse will receive $15 million as her share of the settlement proceeds from a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit she filed against her former employer, a Louisiana-based home healthcare company that operates in 37 U.S. states. Her former employer has agreed to pay $150 million to [...]

Kentucky Hospital Settles Unnecessary Stent Claims

February 16, 2014

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on January 28, 2014 that a Kentucky hospital has agreed to pay the United States $16.5 million to resolve civil claims that it submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and to Kentucky Medicaid programs for medically unn[...]

Medical Firm Agrees To Pay $14.5 Million To Settle Medicare Overbilling Allegations

September 7, 2013

On July 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Tacoma, Washington-based Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. (“Sound Inpatient”), a provider of hospitalists and other physicians to 70 hospitals and post-acute facilities in 22 U.S. states, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to s[...]

D.C. Cardiologist Ordered To Pay More Than $17 Million For Fraudulent Claims

August 3, 2013

Earlier this week, a nuclear cardiologist who has practiced in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) since 2002, and two of his companies, had a judgment entered against them in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in excess of $17 million for submitting false nucle[...]

Medicare Fraud Schemes Result In 89 Charged With $223 Million In False Billings

May 15, 2013

On May 14, 2013, the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that 89 people in eight U.S. cities were charged with participating in Medicare fraud schemes that resulted in about $223 million in fraudulent billings. T[...]

Medical Device Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit

June 10, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 31, 2012 that the large medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.65 million to settle civil claims made against it under the False Claims Act (commonly referred to as whistleblower claims, or more formal[...]

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