In a recently announced settlement, Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical company illegally made payments in 2014 and 2015 to a fund set up by Caring Voice Coalition that was meant to assist Medicare patients taking its pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs. When a Medicare beneficiary […]
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The Department of Justice recently announced that Early Autism Project Inc., South Carolina’s largest provider of children’s autism behavioral therapy, has agreed to pay the United States $8.8 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit. The government alleges that the company submitted false claims to a military insurance program, TRICARE, and the South […]
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On Thursday, August 2, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that William Beaumont Hospital, a regional hospital system based in the Detroit area, had agreed to pay $84.5 Million to settle allegations brought by four false claims act whistleblowers, including a nationally renowned neuroscientist and medical doctor. The allegations against William Beaumont revolved around violations […]
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AngioDynamics, Inc. has agreed to pay the Federal government and various states $11.5 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit alleging that the medical device company based in Latham, New York allegedly sold its device, Gelspheres, as a drug eluting device when the FDA had cleared it only for embolization (blood blockage) of […]
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Lance Armstrong, the cyclist who became a national hero wearing a yellow jersey emblazoned with the iconic blue and white eagle of the U.S. Postal Service, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that payments under that sponsorship agreement were, like so much else in his career, the result of fraud. On April […]
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The Department of Justice recently announced the settlement of a qui tam lawsuit against Toyobo, the sole manufacturer of Zylon fiber used in bulletproof vests, in relation to their violation of the False Claims Act (FCA). According to the allegations of the case, between 2001 and 2005, Toyobo actively marketed and sold defective Zylon fiber […]
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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently settled a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit with Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (“BMH”). Pursuant to the settlement, BMH agreed to pay $1.65 Million to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act through submitting false or fraudulent claims to […]
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On Tuesday, January 30, 2018, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Maria Chapa Lopez announced the settlement of a false claims act case against AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare). AmeriCare, the largest ambulance service provider in Tampa, Florida., will pay $5.5 million and enter […]
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DaVita Rx LLC, a nationwide pharmacy specialized in serving patients with severe kidney disease has agreed to resolve allegations that the company defrauded the Government through improper overbilling of the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs for medications that were never shipped, billing for medications that did not comply with documentation requirements, and failing to reverse […]
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On September 14, 2017, Pacific Architects & Engineers Incorporated (PAE) settled a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the company did not follow proper vetting procedures for its personnel that performed and billed work to the U.S. State Department. The $5 million settlement resolves allegations without any determination of liability of contract violations. PAE is a company originally […]
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