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DaVita to Pay $389 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
The Department of Justice announced that DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. (“DaVita”) has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute for $350 million, plus the civil forfeiture of $39 million. The allegations were first made in a lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False… Read More »
Boeing Settles False Claims Act Case for $23 Million
The Justice Department announced that the Boeing Company has agreed to settle four whistleblowers’ qui tam claims alleging violations of the False Claims Act. Boeing has agreed to pay the federal government $23 million to resolve the allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States for work on government contracts. Boeing is… Read More »
Extendicare Health Services Settles False Claims Act Case
The Justice Department announced that Extendicare Health Services, Inc. (“Extendicare”) and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (“ProStep”) have agreed to settle two whistleblowers’ qui tam claims that they violated the False Claims Act by billing government health care programs for substandard nursing services and billing for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically necessary… Read More »
Shire Pharmaceuticals Settles False Claims Act Case
According to the Department of Justice, Shire Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Shire”) has agreed to settle two qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act for allegedly making false and unsupported claims related to Adderall XR, Vyvanse, Daytrana, and promoting off-label uses of its drugs Pentasa, and Lialda. According to the… Read More »
Florida Home Health Agency Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Case
According to the Justice Department, A Plus Home Health Care, Inc. (“A Plus”), a Ft. Lauderdale home health care agency, and its owners have agreed to settle a qui tam case brought by a whistleblower alleging violations of the False Claims Act and payment of illegal kickbacks. Specifically, it was alleged that A Plus,… Read More »
Florida Sleep Clinic Settles False Claims Act Case
The Justice Department announced that The Sleep Medicine Center, Inc. (“Sleep Medicine”) and two physicians, Hubert Zachary and George Restea, have agreed with the federal government to settle allegations initiated by a whistleblower in a qui tam complaint that the trio violated the False Claims Act. The federal government announced that it will move… Read More »
U.S. Joins Whistleblowers’ Case Involving Spinal Implants
The Justice Department announced that the U.S. has intervened in a qui tam lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act and filed its own lawsuit alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute against physicians, a spinal implant company, and others. According to the government, the lawsuits name the following defendants:… Read More »
US Intervenes in False Claims Act Case Against Hospice Provider
The United States has partially intervened in two qui tam lawsuits by three whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act by Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care (“Evercare”) now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care. One of the qui tam lawsuits also names UnitedHealth Group, Inc., a parent company of Evercare. According to… Read More »
Health System Settles False Claims Act Case for $98.15 Million
Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”) has agreed to settle several whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuits that it violated the False Claims Act and the Stark Law. According to its website, CHS is one the nation’s largest operators of acute care hospitals. An acute care hospital is a short-term hospital that provides diagnosis, care and treatment… Read More »
US Intervenes in False Claims Case Against Military Contractors
The United States government has intervened in a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit alleging that military contractors Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (“Sikorsky”), Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (“Sikorsky Support”), and Derco Aerospace, Inc. (“Derco”) violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblower also alleged violations by the parent company of Sikorsky, United Technologies Corporation, but the federal government… Read More »