United Therapeutics Settles FCA Suit for $210M
Posted 12/21/17
United Therapeutics (UT), a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company which produces and distributes drugs for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, has settled allegations that it illegally paid kickbacks to Medicare patients through its charitable foundation.
In its effort to sell more pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs (including Adcirca, Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Orenitram), the company used a non-profit...
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Two physician groups, Dallas-based EmCare Inc. and Pennsylvania-based Physician’s Alliance Ltd (PAL), agreed to settlements that resolve claims the groups received illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to hospitals owned by Health Management Associates (HMA). The settlements, 
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DaVita Rx LLC, a nationwide pharmacy that specializes in serving patients with severe kidney disease, agreed to pay a total of $63.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to improper billing practices and unlawful financial inducements to federal healthcare program beneficiaries, the Justice Department announced today. DaVita Rx is based in Coppell,...
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Florida-based 21st Century Oncology Inc. and several of its subsidiaries have 
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The 
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A Boca Raton man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to defraud the federal government and receive kickbacks and/or bribes in a $63 million health care fraud scheme. As part of the plea, 
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UPMC Hamot, a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Medicor Associates Inc, a cardiology practice, have 
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On Tuesday, 38-year-old Joseph Baumiller of Dallas, Texas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud TRICARE, the health care program serving military members and their families. Baumiller, the former president of Trilogy Pharmacy, admitted to conspiring with several marketers, physicians, and other pharmacists to orchestrate a scheme involving the payment of kickbacks...
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Four hospitals in the Houston area have 
Several more executives were charged for their alleged roles in the $400 million fraud and bribery scheme involving Tenet Healthcare Corporation. The indictments follow the October 2016 guilty plea and half a billion dollar