Comments on: Healthcare Fraud

By: Health Care Overhaul Bill Amends “Public Disclosure Bar” To Qui Tam Lawsuits Brought Under The False Claims Act « FraudFighters.net

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:16:08 +0000

[...] PPACA includes a number of provisions intended to strengthen the government’s ability to root out fraud on the healthcare system. Some of those provisions take the form of amendments to the False [...]

By: Court Orders Kidney Dialysis Equipment Suppliers To Pay Over $19 Million For Reckless Disregard Of Medicare Regulations « FraudFighters.net

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:44:34 +0000

[...] Holdings, Inc. to pay the United States over $19 million for False Claims Act violations due to reckless disregard of Medicare regulations when billing the government for home dialysis supplies. The court ruled that reckless disregard [...]

By: The Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010 – Why Would The Maryland Chamber of Commerce Oppose This Pro-Taxpayer, Pro-Business Law? « FraudFighters.net

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:51 +0000

[...] of millions of dollars in taxpayer money every year. The Act also would also help combat healthcare fraud on private insurance plans, thereby helping to control the spiraling cost of health insurance [...]

By: Traveling the World While “Treating” Cancer Patients « FraudFighters.net

Traveling the World While “Treating” Cancer Patients « FraudFighters.net — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:28:28 +0000

[...] Traveling the World While “Treating” Cancer Patients By fraudfighters In January, federal officials unsealed a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act stemming from fraud allegedly committed by doctors at a Melbourne, FL cancer clinic owned by the doctors’ group, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates. The cancer clinic allegedly submitted millions of dollars worth of fraudulent billings to Medicare. [...]

By: Delaware’s Largest Health Care Provider Agrees To Pay $3.3 Million To Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit « FraudFighters.net

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:20:57 +0000

[...] company was in compliance with all laws and regulations, when, in fact, the company allegedly paid kickbacks to physicians in order to induce them to refer patients to CCHS, in violation of the federal Stark [...]

By: Drug Manufacturer Agrees To Pay $3.5 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging That It Submitted False Claims To Medicaid « FraudFighters.net

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:14:20 +0000

[...] AG) to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that the company had submitted false claims to Medicaid in connection with its drug Nitroglycerin Sustained Release (SR) capsules. In April 1999, the [...]

By: New Bill Introduced In Senate To Help Combat Fraud, Waste, And Abuse In Medicare, Medicaid, And CHIP « FraudFighters.net

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:49:38 +0000

[...] Health Act” (S. 2964) in the Senate, which aims at curbing fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The bill includes provisions [...]

By: Pacemaker And Defibrillator Manufacturer Agrees To Pay Government $22 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging It Paid Kickbacks To Physicians « FraudFighters.net

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:17:57 +0000

[...] Government $22 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its subsidiary, Guidant Corporation, paid kickbacks to physicians through post-market studies to induce physicians to implant Guidant pacemakers and [...]