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August 18, 2022

The organized healthcare system for Ventura County, as well as three healthcare providers, have agreed to pay a combined total of $70.7 million to resolve allegations of violating the California and federal False Claims Acts in connection with Medi-Cal’s Adult Expansion program, which extended coverage to previously uninsured adults without dependents.  Gold Coast Health Plan, Dignity Health, Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc., and Ventura County (the owner and operator of Ventura County Medical Center) allegedly submitted, or caused to be submitted, bills for unallowed expenses, bills for “Additional Services” that were duplicative of services already required, and bills with pre-determined costs that weren’t reflective of fair market value.  CA AG; USAO CDCA

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud,

July 27, 2022

ca Glenn Pair and Markuetric Stringfellow will spend 70 and 78 months in prison, respectively, and pay over $5 million each in restitution for defrauding three States’ Medicaid programs of more than $5 million, and for receiving $1.8 million in kickbacks from participating laboratories. The two owned and operated Do-It-4-The Hood Corporation in North Carolina and later expanded to Georgia. They targeted Medicare-eligible children, enrolled them in their programs, and required them to submit urine specimens for drug testing. Drug testing was in turn billed to Medicaid by complicit laboratories, who then paid kickbacks after receiving Medicaid reimbursement. Through their Wrights Care Services LLC franchise in South Carolina, the two filed fraudulent Medicaid claims for mental health counseling, going so far as to host a “note party,” upon learning of a Medicare audit of Wrights Care, to cover up their scheme by creating false billing records to substantiate their fraudulent Medicaid claims. USAO WDNC, USAO SC

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Laboratory and IDTF, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medicaid, Medicare, Provider Fraud,

July 26, 2022

Dr. Don Flanagan, D.D.S. and his companies Dental Center, Inc. and Dental Center, P.C. d/b/a Cloudland Dental, will pay $1.5 million for submitting or causing to be submitted claims for payment by falsely identifying Dr. Flanagan as the credentialed physician rendering services. TennCare requires dentists to be credentialed as part of the approval process for billing, yet, from January 2015 through February 2019, services were rendered by uncredentialed dentists, which is a violation of the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act. EDTN USAO

Tagged in: FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Improper Medical Personnel, Medicaid, Provider Fraud,

July 26, 2022

Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC f/k/a Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will pay over $233 million over a 7-year period to settle False Claims Act violations, which occurred from January 2013 through June 2020. During this time, Mallinckrodt knowingly underpaid Medicaid rebates on its H.P. Acthar Gel. The practice was exposed by a whistleblower lawsuit originally filed in Massachusetts. Mallinckrodt paid rebates for Achtar in 2013 as if it was a “new drug” rather than one that was introduced to the market in 1952. NJ OAG

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

July 14, 2022

BioReference Health, LLC, formerly known as BioReference Laboratories, Inc. and OPKO Health, Inc., have agreed to pay nearly $10 million and enter into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement to settle a whistleblower-brought case alleging it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act.  The alleged misconduct involved making lease payments to healthcare providers that exceeded fair market value, and later failing to report or return any overpayments to federal healthcare programs.  USAO MA

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Laboratory and IDTF, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

June 13, 2022

Centene Corporation has agreed to pay $13.7 million to the State of New Mexico, after an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office found the company layered fees and failed to pass discounts onto the state’s Medicaid program, in violation of Medicaid rules and the New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act.  NM AG

Tagged in: Drug and DME Pricing, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Pharma Fraud,

June 10, 2022

A doctor who allegedly submitted claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal for unperformed procedures, services, and tests, in violation of the California and federal False Claims Acts, has agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve a civil suit.  The qui tam case by Minas Kochumian’s former medical assistant Elize Oganesyan, and former IT consultant Damon Davies, alleged that claims for treatment of osteopathic issues that were submitted over a six year period were false.  The settlement includes $5.5 million that Kochumian already paid as criminal restitution in a separate case in the Central District.  As part of the civil settlement, Oganesyan and Davies will share a $1.75 million award.  CA AG; USAO EDCA

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medicare, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

June 8, 2022

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has agreed to pay $12.9 million to the State of Texas to resolve allegations of violating the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.  DRL had allegedly reported inflated drug prices to the Texas Medicaid program in order to receive higher reimbursements.  TX AG

Tagged in: Drug and DME Pricing, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Pharma Fraud,

June 1, 2022

Behavioral health provider Healthkeeperz, Inc. has agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it falsely billed North Carolina’s Medicaid program for services that were not covered.  The allegations arose from a lawsuit filed by Ginger Hill under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act and the North Carolina False Claims Act.  USAO WD NC; NC

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

May 19, 2022

Retailer H&M will pay $36 million to New York State to resolve claims that the company violated a New York law which requires gift card issuers to turn over unused balances on gift cards to the state’s Abandoned Property Fund after five years of inactivity.  The retailer repeatedly lied to the state about its failure to transfer the unused gift card balances as required, and falsely told the state that an out-of-state company was handling its gift cards business. A whistleblower who filed a lawsuit under the New York False Claims Act will receive $7.74 million for bringing H&M’s misconduct to light.  NY

Tagged in: FCA State, Government Programs Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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