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CitiMortgage Agrees To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit For $158.3 Million
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) announced that CitiMortgage, Inc. (“CitiMortgage”), a subsidiary of Citibank, N.A., has agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit for $158.3 million. The government joined the whistleblower lawsuit filed in… Read More »
TriWest Healthcare Settles Qui Tam Action for $10 Million
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation, a contractor for TRICARE, has agreed to resolve a qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit for $10 million. TRICARE is the medical benefit plan for the U.S. military, retirees, their dependents and reserve components. The settlement resolves a qui tam lawsuit filed by former TriWest employees, Judi Jerdee, Deborah Thornton, Linda… Read More »
Dava Pharmaceuticals to Pay $11 Million to Settle Whistleblower Suit
The Justice Department announced that Dava Pharmaceuticals (“Dava”) has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a qui tam, or whistleblower, suit alleging that it violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblower, Jim Conrad, alleged that, between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2009, Dava knowingly underpaid its drug rebate obligations under the Medicaid… Read More »
14 Hospitals Settle False Claims Act Litigation For $12 Million
The Department of Justice announced that 14 hospitals in New York, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington, Indiana, Missouri and Florida have agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit regarding allegations that they overbilled Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures performed between 2000 and 2008. Kyphoplasty is a procedure that is used to treat some kinds of… Read More »
U.S. Charges Medical Imaging Company With Paying Kickbacks In Return For Medicare Test Referrals
The United States has filed suit against Universal Imaging, Inc. (“Universal”) and its current and former owners, Phillip J. Young (“Young”) and Mark Lauhoff (“Lauhoff”), under the False Claims Act seeking $150 million in damages and penalties. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, many of the facts in the case were first brought… Read More »
Cayuga Medical Center Settles Qui Tam Lawsuit for $3.5 Million
The Department of Justice announced that Cayuga Medical Center of Ithaca, New York (“Cayuga”) settled a lawsuit filed under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act regarding false claims submitted to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The qui tam lawsuit was filed on behalf of whistleblower Daniel S. Joregenson, M.D. According to… Read More »
Boeing Settles Qui Tam Lawsuit
The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act relating to bills submitted to the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) for the production and modification of Chinook helicopters. According to the Complaint, in 2003,… Read More »
Johnson and Johnson Settles Texas Qui Tam Action
Johnson and Johnson (“J&J”) has agreed to settle a Texas qui tam lawsuit brought by whistleblower Allen Jones for $158 million. The settlement ended the trial which had begun earlier this month. The qui tam complaint filed in 2004 alleged that J&J used false marketing practices in order to influence Medicaid officials to spend… Read More »
Maersk Line Whistleblower to Receive $3.6 Million From Qui Tam Settlement
Maersk Line Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denmark-based A.P. Moller Maersk, has agreed to pay $31.9 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit initiated by whistleblower Jerry H. Brown II, a former industry insider, under the False Claims Act. A qui tam action is a whistleblower lawsuit brought by an individual as a “relator”… Read More »
Patient Exposes $150 Million Medicaid Fraud
Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. (“Maxim”), one of the nation’s largest providers of home healthcare services, has agreed to settle criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud Medicaid and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of more than $61 million. To date, nine individuals, including two Florida residents, have pleaded guilty… Read More »