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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 »
Supreme Court Will Hear Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the reinstatement of a whistleblower’s qui tam case against defense contractor KBR, Inc. alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the case in 2013 after concluding that the whistleblower had not blown the six-year statute of… Read More »
Florida Hospital Settles Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Suit
Baptist Health System, Inc. (“Baptist Health”) will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. According to its website, Baptist Health was founded in 1955, and is the only locally governed health system in the Jacksonville, Florida area…. Read More »
Medical Company Settles Whistleblower’s False Claims Act Case
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle a False Claims Act case brought by a whistleblower who claimed the company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute. Medtronic, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of the world’s largest medical technology companies. Medtronic was founded in 1949, has over 46,000 employees and operates in… Read More »
Home Health Providers Settle Whistleblowers’ Qui Tam Suits
Amedisys, Inc. and some of its affiliated entities (collectively “Amedisys”) have agreed to settle allegations made by whistleblowers in seven separate qui tam lawsuits that the companies violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Stark Law. According to the Justice Department, Amedisys has agreed to pay $150 million to settle all… Read More »
OtterBox Settles Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Lawsuit
OtterBox , based in Fort Collins, Colorado, has agreed to settle allegations first made in a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit that the company violated the False Claims Act and the Tariff Act of 1930 in connection with its imported products. OtterBox is a well-known seller of protective cases for smartphones and tablets. According to… Read More »
Oklahoma Hospital Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Case
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma (“MCSO”) and its parent company, Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA”) have agreed to settle claims by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that they billed Medicaid for procedures that were either not medically necessary or were not performed in violation of the False Claims Act. MCSO is… Read More »
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Settles Qui Tam Case
California-based CRC Health Corp. (“CRC”) has agreed to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it submitted false claims to Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act. Specifically, the whistleblower claimed that CRC knowingly billed Medicaid for substance abuse treatment that was either not provided or for treatment that… Read More »