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Fraudster of the Week -- New Orleans "Pill Mill" Doctor

Posted 02/2/18

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A Louisiana federal judge has sentenced Dr. Frederick Floyd to 10 years in prison for operating two New Orleans-based “pill mills.” Last September, Floyd pleaded guilty to dispensing millions of dosages of oxycodone, fentanyl and other addictive drugs to patients. The special agent in charge of the DEA’s New Orleans Field Division noted that Floyd’s “disgraceful...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Pharma Fraud,

Tennessee Chiropractor Pays More Than $1.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Posted 01/26/18

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A Lenior City, Tennessee, chiropractor has paid $1.45 million, plus interest, to resolve False Claims Act violations. Matthew Anderson and his management company, PMC LLC, managed four pain clinics in Tennessee, most recently known as; Cookeville Center for Pain Management; Spinal Pain Solutions in Harriman; Preferred Pain Center of Grundy County in Gruetli Laager; and McMinnville...

Tagged in: Chiropractic, FCA Federal, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

2017 Whistleblower of the Year Nominee -- Sanofi Aventis

Posted 12/22/17

This "Whistleblow

er Spotlight" features Sanofi Aventis US, one of our candidates for 2017 Whistleblower of the Year. The US subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical giant is our only "corporate" candidate for this accolade but represents a growing trend in the whistleblower world of companies saying something when they see something they believe falls outside the realm of business fair play. In this case, it was...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower of the Year,

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,

Pharmaceutical Rep Whistleblower Warned of the Dangers of Antipsychotic Drug Seroquel

Posted 12/18/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Chicago Tribune reports on the story of pharmaceutical sales representative turned whistleblower, Allison Zayas. Zayas worked for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca marketing and selling the antipsychotic drug Seroquel to doctors and nursing homes. In the winter of 2009, one of Zayas’ clients, a doctor, described to her how a patient died while taking a combination of...

Tagged in: Pharma Fraud,

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,

Drug Wholesaler Settles FCA Suit For $625M

Posted 11/27/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team AmerisourceBergen, a Pennsylvania-based company that provides drug distribution and related services, has agreed to pay $625M to settle an FCA case that claimed that a pre-filled syringe program at one of its subsidiaries violated several federal laws. The subsidiary, Medical Initiatives Inc. (MII), closed in 2014, but was responsible for moving cancer medications from glass...

Tagged in: Dosage Fraud, FCA Federal, Pharma Fraud,

Founder and Owner of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested and Charged with Racketeering

Posted 10/27/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The founder and majority owner of Insys Therapeutics Inc., was arrested and charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain. "More than 20,000 Americans died of synthetic opioid overdoses last year, and millions are addicted to...

Tagged in: Pharma Fraud,

Fraudster of the Week -- TRICARE Fraudster Joseph Baumiller

Posted 10/20/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 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...

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

Former DEA Agent Alleges Opioid Crisis Fueled by Drug Companies

Posted 10/16/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team As reported in CBS News, the Washington Post and other news outlets A former employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in an interview that efforts to stem the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. were derailed by pressure from large pharmaceutical companies and Congress. Joe Rannazzisi told CBS that major distributors allowed drugs to be obtained by rogue...

Tagged in: Pharma Fraud,

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Fraudster of the Week -- New Orleans "Pill Mill" Doctor

Tennessee Chiropractor Pays More Than $1.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

2017 Whistleblower of the Year Nominee -- Sanofi Aventis

United Therapeutics Settles FCA Suit for $210M

Pharmaceutical Rep Whistleblower Warned of the Dangers of Antipsychotic Drug Seroquel

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

Drug Wholesaler Settles FCA Suit For $625M

Founder and Owner of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested and Charged with Racketeering

Fraudster of the Week -- TRICARE Fraudster Joseph Baumiller

Former DEA Agent Alleges Opioid Crisis Fueled by Drug Companies

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