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$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice

April 19, 2023

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice: On February 28, 2023, a federal civil jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. Distr[...]

Two Florida Doctors Convicted In $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 22, 2023

Doctors Convicted In $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme: A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors on January 30, 2023 for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendant In Qui Tam Lawsuit

March 7, 2023

Summary Judgment Reversed In Qui Tam Lawsuit: In its opinion filed on August 9, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a qui tam action brough[...]

Lab Owner Convicted In $463 Million Genetic Testing Scheme To Defraud Medicare

February 17, 2023

Lab Owner Convicted In $463 Million Genetic Testing Scheme: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 14, 2022 that a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Minal Patel, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, who owned LabSolutions LLC (LabSolutions), a lab enrolled with Medicare th[...]

$308K Paid By Yale To Resolve Violations Of Controlled Substances Act Allegations

January 13, 2023

Yale Paid $308K after violating the Controlled Substances Act: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced on October 4, 2022 that Yale University, on behalf of Yale Medicine and the Yale Fertility Center, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal govern[...]

Biogen Agrees To Pay $900 Million To Settle False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit

October 6, 2022

Biogen Agrees To Pay $900 Million To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit: Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”), one of the world’s first global biotechnology companies, announced on July 20, 2022 that it had agreed to a $900 million settlement to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2012 that accused i[...]

Maryland Medical Practice Paid $286,631 To Resolve Claims That It Billed For Medical Services Not Provided

June 5, 2022

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on March 25, 2022 that a Salisbury, Maryland medical practice, Peninsula Internal Medicine, L.L.C., and the estate of its former owner have paid the United States $286,631.33 to settle allegations that Peninsula Interna[...]

Whistleblower Anesthesiologist Receives Portion Of $14.6M Concurrent Surgeries Settlement From Massachusetts General Hospital

April 22, 2022

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has agreed to pay $14.6 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it fraudulently billed government insurers for surgeries performed by trainees without proper oversight because supervising surgeons were working in another operating room, a practice known as c[...]

False Claims Act: Kickbacks In The Health Care Industry

March 22, 2022

Kickbacks in the healthcare industry are pernicious because of their potential to subvert medical decision-making and to increase healthcare costs. In addition to pursuing improper payments by drug manufacturers, the department resolved other schemes involving the willful solicitation or payment of [...]

California Medical Imaging CEO Sentenced To 5 Years In $250M Fraud Scheme

March 9, 2022

On January 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sam Sarkis Solakyan, 40, of Glendale, California, the CEO of several medical-imaging companies, including the Glendale-based Vital Imaging Inc. and San Diego MRI Institute, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for running a s[...]

Medical Device Company Arthrex To Pay $16 Million To Resolve Kickback Allegations

December 22, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 8, 2021 that Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based medical device company, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks that caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program. The federal governm[...]

Michigan Pain Doctor Convicted In $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

November 8, 2021

A federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted a Michigan doctor on September 22, 2021 for his role in masterminding and executing a complex scheme to defraud Medicare and other health insurance programs by administering medically unnecessary spinal injections in exchange for prescript[...]

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