DOJ Enforcement Spotlight -- Novartis Settles Whistleblower Kickback Case for $390M
Posted 11/23/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The Department of Justice continues its recent streak of False Claims Act wins with its $390 million settlement Friday with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. resolving charges the pharmaceutical giant gave kickbacks to specialty pharmacies in return for recommending two of its drugs, Exjade and Myfortic. Of the $370 million, roughly $287 million will go to the federal government...
By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on 
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The United States won another round in its now almost eight year battle to hold South Carolina-based Tuomey Healthcare System liable for paying doctors illegal kickbacks. The litigation has been long and procedurally complex, but at bottom, the Government has alleged, and the jury has found, that Tuomey gave a group of doctors unreasonably lucrative employment arrangements to get them to send their patients to...
The Department of Justice has recovered millions of dollars from hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies and other medical providers through civil and criminal enforcement of the Anti-Kickback Law. But the agency has begun paying increased attention to the doctors, nurses and administrative professionals on the receiving end of these bribes.
The Anti-Kickback Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b) makes it...