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Fraudster of the Week -- Former Football Player Monty Grow

Posted 02/9/18

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team On Monday, a federal jury in Miami unanimously convicted Monty Grow of running a compound pharmaceutical drug conspiracy that bilked $20 million from TRICARE, a healthcare program for military members and their families. Grow was a star linebacker at the University of Florida in the early 1990s and spent two seasons as a cornerback in the NFL. Prosecutors accused Grow of...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Other Government Health Programs, Pharma Fraud,

South Carolina Resident Found Liable for $51 Million in Health Care Fraud

Posted 02/2/18

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The United States Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced that a federal jury returned a unanimous verdict against Floyd Calhoun “Cal” Dent and two co-conspirators, Robert Bradford Johnson and LaTonya Mallory, for defrauding Medicare and Tricare. The government alleged that Mr. Dent and his co-conspirators paid kickbacks to physicians so they would order medically...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Lack of Medical Necessity,

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries for 2017

Posted 01/19/18

Here is our look-back at the Top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2017 for violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and/or the Stark Law. Click here for a full chronological listing of all the DOJ False Claims Act recoveries in 2017.

Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC – The Ireland-based drug maker and certain subsidiaries agreed to pay $350 million to settle charges that Shire and the...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Healthcare Fraud, Top 10,

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries for 2017

Posted 01/19/18

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the Top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2017 for violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and/or the Stark Law. Click here for a full chronological listing of all the DOJ False Claims Act recoveries in 2017.

Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC – The Ireland-based drug maker and certain subsidiaries agreed to pay $350 million to...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark,

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...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Medicare, Pharma Fraud,

Two Physician Groups Pay Over $33M to Resolve Whistleblower Claims Involving HMA Hospitals

Posted 12/20/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 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, announced by the Justice Department yesterday, resolve two separate whistleblower...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Hospital Fraud, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

DaVita Rx Agrees to Pay $63.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Posted 12/15/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 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,...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Pharma Fraud,

Oncology Clinic Settles FCA Suit for $26M

Posted 12/13/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Florida-based 21^st Century Oncology Inc. and several of its subsidiaries have settled allegations regarding the practice’s use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) software. The settlement is a result of a self-disclosure of violations made under Medicare’s EHR incentive program. The incentive program allows healthcare providers that attest to meaningful use of their EHR...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Electronic Health Records, FCA Federal, Medicare, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Texas Hospital to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

Posted 12/4/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Department of Justice announced Friday that Pine Creek Medical Center LLC, a physician-owned hospital based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act. The claims centered on allegations that Pine Creek paid physicians kickbacks through marketing services in exchange for surgical referrals. The government alleged...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Hospital Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Miami-Area Man Pleads Guilty for Role in $63M Health Care Fraud Scheme

Posted 11/22/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 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, announced yesterday by the Justice Department, Samuel Konell admitted that for approximately six years, he coordinated with criminal defendants in the state court system to funnel the...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark,

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Fraudster of the Week -- Former Football Player Monty Grow

South Carolina Resident Found Liable for $51 Million in Health Care Fraud

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries for 2017

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries for 2017

United Therapeutics Settles FCA Suit for $210M

Two Physician Groups Pay Over $33M to Resolve Whistleblower Claims Involving HMA Hospitals

DaVita Rx Agrees to Pay $63.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Oncology Clinic Settles FCA Suit for $26M

Texas Hospital to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

Miami-Area Man Pleads Guilty for Role in $63M Health Care Fraud Scheme

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