January 9, 2014

CareFusion Corp agreed to pay $40.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company paid kickbacks and promoted its ChloraPrep products for non-FDA approved uses. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ

December 27, 2013

Abbott Labs agreed to pay $5.5M to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce doctors to use the company’s vascular products. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act.DOJ

November 4, 2013

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay more than $2.2B to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved as safe and effective by the FDA and payment of kickbacks to physicians and to the nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy provider. The global resolution is one of the largest health care fraud settlements in U.S. history,...

September 25, 2013

Kan-Di-Ki LLC, d/b/a Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology agreed to pay $17.5M to settle allegations that the California-based company violated the federal and California False Claims Acts by paying kickbacks for referral of mobile lab and radiology services subsequently billed to Medicare and Medi-Cal (the state of California’s Medicaid program). The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ

Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 15, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team SEC awards whistleblower more than $700,000 for detailed analysis -- The SEC today announced a whistleblower award of more than $700,000 to a company outsider who conducted a detailed analysis that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.  SEC WADA knew about Russian doping for years --  Whistleblower says the World Anti-Doping Agency was aware of systematic doping in Russia for years but did...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 11, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Former Owner of Bostwick Laboratories Agrees to Pay Up to $3.75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians -- The settlement resolves claims that, from 2006 to 2011, Dr. David Bostwick allegedly directed Bostwick Laboratories to bill Medicare and Medicaid for expensive cancer detection tests that were not medically necessary and were performed without the treating physicians’ consent or order....

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries For 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2015 for violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and/or the Stark Law.      10.  AA ADVANCED CARE -- Felix Gonzalez, owner of Miami home health care company AA Advanced Care, was ordered to pay $21.4 million in restitution (and sentenced to 113 months in prison) for billing Medicare for...

Top-10 DOJ Prison Sentences For Fraud In 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences secured by the Department of Justice for healthcare, financial and other types of fraud in 2015.      10.  CHRISTOPHER CIAMPA -- The U.S. Army soldier stationed in Afghanistan was sentenced to 10 years for submitting fake Transportation Movement Requests (TMRs) for thousands of gallons of fuel that were neither necessary nor used by military...

Top-10 Prison Sentences For Medicare Fraud In 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences for Medicare fraud in 2015. 10.  SYLVIA WALTER-EZE -- The former owner of medical equipment supply company Ezcor Medical Supply was sentenced to 97 months (and to pay roughly $2 million in restitution) for billing more than $3.5 million to Medicare and Medi-Cal for products not medically necessary and paying illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters...

Top-10 Whistleblower Successes For 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower successes under the False Claims Act for 2015 (based on amounts recovered). 10.  COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS -- Robert Baker, former revenue manager of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation, received a whistleblower reward of roughly $18.7 million from the $75 million False Claims Act settlement resolving allegations Community Health and three affiliated New Mexico hospitals...