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NewsBristol Hospital settles Stark violation claims
Bristol (Conn.) Hospital and Bristol Gastroenterology Associates agreed to pay $157,830 to settle allegations that they violated the Stark law and the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare, Read more...
Gov't recovers record-high $2.8B in whistleblower fraud cases
Breaking records, the government has recovered an all-time high $2.8 billion in false claim cases with the help of whistleblowers, officials announced yesterday. In total, the Justice Department Read more...
CVS to pay $17.5M over inflated Medicaid claims
CVS Pharmacy, the pharmacy division of CVS Caremark Corp., will pay $17.5 million to the United States and 10 states to settle False Claims Act accusations, the Department of Justice announced late Read more...
NC hospital will pay $1.9 million over false claims
Rex Healthcare, a 655-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to pay $1.9 million plus interest back to the U.S. to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare by ordering higher-cost services Read more...
Phony public hospital paid Feds $14M to settle fraud charges
A hospital in Georgia paid $13.9 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to the state's Medicaid program, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday. The settlement Read more...
Hospital owes $20M for violating Stark Act
Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, a 96-bed acute-care hospital, owes $20 million in penalties, plus millions more in False Claims Act damages, according to a press release from Stone Law Firm, Read more...
Doctor allegedly billed Medicare $2.2M for unnecessary pain injections
After reportedly allowing an unlicensed medical assistant to inject patients with unnecessary pain injections that were billed to Medicare as more expensive nerve blocks, Dr. Robert Ritchea of Phenix Read more...
St. Jude Medical, two hospitals, pay nearly $4 million to settle false claims suit
After four years of investigation, heart-device maker St. Jude Medical, Inc., has agreed to return $3,898,300 to the federal government to settle the allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Poor physician credentialing leads to hospital False Claims billing charges
Failure to enforce a robust physician credentialing program could have significant financial consequences for one Georgia hospital. The federal government has joined a False Claims Act lawsuit Read more...
Supreme court ruling limits whistleblower suits, but healthcare reform law will nullify ruling
Potential whistleblowers are barred from filing qui tam lawsuits that are based on information obtained through a state, federal or local report, but its impact will be short-lived. A False Claims Read more...
| Press ReleasesDetroit Medical Center Pays U.S. $30 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Allegedly Engaged in Improper Financial RelaDepartment of Justice Office of Public AffairsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 30, 2010 WASHINGTON – Detroit Medical Center, a non-profit company that owns and operates hospitals and Read more >> ACLJ Wins Ninth Circuit Appeal in Massive Fraud Case against Planned Parenthood Affiliates in CaliforniaWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of the American Center for Law and Justice’s (ACLJ) client in a multi-million dollar fraud Read more >> |
