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Two Testing Labs Agree to Settle False Claims Act Suits
The Justice Department announced that two cardiovascular testing laboratories, Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc. (“HDL”) and Singulex, Inc. have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the Anti-Kickback Stature and the False Claims Act. HDL and Singulex will pay $47 million and $1.5 million, respectively. According to its website, HDL, based in Richmond, Virginia, offers… Read More »
Medtronic Settles False Claims Act Case for $4.41 Million
The Justice Department announced that Medtronic plc and its affiliates, Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc. (collectively “Medtronic”) have agreed to settle three whistleblowers’ qui tam complaint alleging Medtronic violated the False Claims Act. Medtronic is a global healthcare company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to its website, Medtronic’s… Read More »
Medical Device Company Agrees to Settle Lawsuit
According to the Department of Justice, ev3, Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies, Inc., has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The Justice Department announced that ev3 will pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that it caused hospitals to submit false claims to Medicare for inpatient admissions… Read More »
Drug Company Agrees to Settle Kickback Claims
According to the Justice Department, the drug company Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (“Daiichi”) has agreed to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians in violation of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. Daiichi is the U.S. subsidiary of global pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. based in Tokyo, Japan. According to its… Read More »
AstraZeneca Settles Nexium Qui Tam Case
The Justice Department announced that AstraZeneca has agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers concerning the gastrointestinal drug Nexium. The lawsuit alleged that AstraZeneca caused the submission of false claims to government health care programs Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE in violation of the federal and several states’ False Claims Acts… Read More »
Medical Company Agrees to Settle Whistleblower’s Case
According to the Justice Department, medical device manufacturer Medtronic, Inc. has agreed to settle a whistleblower’s qui tam case alleging it violated the False Claims Act by promoting a medical procedure that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The Justice Department said the allegations involved claims made to Medicare and… Read More »
Oklahoma Hospice Provider Settles False Claims Act Case
According to the Justice Department, hospice providers Good Shepherd Hospice, Inc.; Good Shepherd Hospice of Mid America, Inc.; Good Shepherd Hospice Wichita, L.L.C.; Good Shepherd Hospice Springfield, L.L.C.; and Good Shepherd Hospice – Dallas, L.L.C. d/b/a Compassionate Care (collectively “Good Shepherd”) have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and… Read More »
Ageless Men’s Health, LLC Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Case
According to the Memphis Business Journal, Ageless Men’s Health, LLC, based in Tennessee, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. Ageless Men’s Health, LLC (“Ageless”) operates more than two dozen testosterone replacement therapy clinics across the Unites States. According to the Ageless website, it currently maintains clinics in Arizona,… Read More »
Community Health Systems Settles False Claims Act Case
According to the Justice Department, Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation based in Franklin, Tennessee and three of its affiliated hospitals in New Mexico (collectively “CHS”) have agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations first raised in 2005. The affiliated hospitals are Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, and… Read More »
Talking to Media Costs Whistleblowers $1.6 Million
According to the Daily Business Review, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg recently fined two whistleblowers $1.6 million for sending e-mails to two reporters in Atlanta about their pending False Claims Act case while it was under seal. The case at issue was filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act in… Read More »