Category Archives: Qui Tam/Whistleblower
Amgen Pays $24.9 Million to Settle Qui Tam Case
Fortune 500 biotech firm Amgen, Inc., based in California, has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle allegations that it defrauded various federal and state health programs including Medicare and Medicaid. According to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, $14.7 million of the settlement amount will be shared among several states, with Florida to receive… Read More »
Volusia County Hospital Accused of Submitting $200 Million in False Claims
Halifax Hospital Medical Center (“Halifax”), in Daytona Beach, Florida, is preparing to battle the United States in what could be the largest whistleblower case of its kind in the nation. According to whistleblower Elin Baklid-Kunz, Halifax violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary hospital admissions and inappropriate… Read More »
Mississippi Jury Finds State Farm Violated Federal False Claims Act
A federal jury in Gulfport, Mississippi has decided that insurance giant State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. committed fraud against the U.S. government when it submitted false claims to the National Flood Insurance Program after Hurricane Katrina. The case was brought as a whistleblower lawsuit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims… Read More »
6th Circuit Reverses False Claims Act Judgment for Medicare Rule Violations
This week, in United States ex rel. Hobbs v. MedQuest Associates, Inc., No. 11-6520, 2013 WL 1285590 (6th Cir. Apr. 1, 2013), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an $11 million judgment as untenable under the False Claims Act. The claims against MedQuest, an “independent diagnostic testing facility,” were premised on its failure… Read More »
Fluor Hanford Agrees to Settle Whistleblower Suit
Fluor Hanford, Inc. and its parent corporation, Fluor Corporation (collectively “Fluor”) headquartered in Texas have agreed to settle a qui tam suit. The lawsuit was initially brought by Loydene Rambo, a former Fluor employee, in 2011 under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The settlement resolves allegations relating to Fluor’s contract… Read More »
Provider of Office Supplies and Equipment Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Suit
CDW-Government, LLC (“CDW-G”), a subsidiary of CDW Corporation based in Vernon Hills, Illinois, has agreed to settle a whistleblower suit for $5.6 million. According to CDW’s website, it is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare, with net sales of $10.1 billion in 2012. According to the U.S. Department… Read More »
University of California Settles Whistleblower Suit
A whistleblower suit targeting the anesthesiology department at UCI Medical Center has been settled for $1.2 million. According to the government, the settlement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2008 under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Dr. Dennis O’Connor, a former professor of anesthesiology at the UCI School of Medicine…. Read More »
Government Contractors Agree to Settle False Claims Act Case for $3 Million
Three government contractors, American Systems Corporation (“ASC”); Anixter International, Inc. (“Anixter”); and Corning Cable Systems LC (“Corning”), have agreed to settle charges that they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. According to the government, in 2009, ASC and Anixter teamed together to bid on a contract with the CIA to provide supplies… Read More »
Jacksonville-Based Hospice Management Company Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and two of its subsidiaries, Hospice of Arizona, L.C. and American Hospice Management, LLC, (collectively “American Hospice”) have agreed to settle charges that they violated the federal False Claims Act. According to American Hospice’s website, it is the oldest hospice management company in the United… Read More »
Grace Healthcare Settles False Claims Act Case for $2.7 Million
Grace Healthcare, LLC and its affiliated company, Grace Ancillary Services, LLC (collectively “Grace”) based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit for $2.7 million. Grace Healthcare is a nursing home manager. Grace Ancillary provided physical, occupational and speech therapy in some of the nursing facilities managed by Grace Healthcare. The… Read More »