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$3.5M Settlement In LAP-BAND False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit

April 26, 2018

On April 16, 2018, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland announced that Allergan Inc. (“Allergan”) has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that Allergan caused health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and other federal healthcare programs r[...]

Largest U.S. Health Care Fraud Takedown Announced

July 2, 2016

On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Attorney and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the largest nationwide health care fraud sweep to date, in terms of the number of defendants charged and the loss amount, led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal distri[...]

New, Additional Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner Of Maryland-Based Portable Diagnostic Services Company

April 13, 2015

On April 9, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a superseding indictment against the owner of a Maryland-based portable diagnostic services company, charging him with an additional four counts of health care fraud resulting in serious bodily harm and death, as well as conspiracy a[...]

Perpetrators Of $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme Plead Guilty

December 22, 2014

On December 17, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs announced that the mastermind of a $56 million Medicare fraud scheme and his physician-accomplice have pleaded guilty in the federal court in Louisiana to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to falsify r[...]

13 Medicare Part B High-Billing Clinicians Responsible For $34M In Overpayments In 2009

December 29, 2013

In a report issued in December 2013 by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), it was reported that 13 Medicare Part B clinicians, each of whom billed Medicare $3 million or more in 2009, were responsible for mor[...]

Johnson & Johnson Agrees To Pay More Than $2.2 Billion To Resolve Investigations

November 6, 2013

The U. S. Department of Justice announced on November 4, 2013 that Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) has agreed to pay in excess of $2.2 billion to resolve civil and criminal investigations relating to J & J’s prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega, and Natrecor. The allegat[...]

Skilled Nursing Facilities Received $1.5 Billion In Inappropriate Medicare Payments In 2009

November 18, 2012

Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a report entitled “Inappropriate Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than a Billion Dollars in 2009.” Skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) rece[...]

Novartis Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Claim Involving Elidel

November 11, 2012

It was announced on October 30, 2012 by the Texas Attorney General that the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has agreed to pay $19.9 million to settle a civil Medicaid fraud enforcement action by the State of Texas and the U.S. government that alleged that it illegally marketed for “of[...]

Florida Hospice Whistleblower Lawsuit

September 10, 2012

“Hospice” has been defined as a “facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill.” (Source) Medicare provides hospice care benefits to Medicare beneficiaries who have a terminal illness (a lif[...]

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