Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries For 2016
Posted 01/4/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2016 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 2016.
- Lexington Medical Center -- The South Carolina hospital agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations it violated...
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10. Vibra Healthcare -- The Pennsylvania-based hospital chain agreed to pay $32.7 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary services by admitting patients to its long term care hospitals and rehab facilities who did not...
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10. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. -- The world’s largest manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products, and its wholly-owned Russian subsidiary Teva LLC (Teva Russia), agreed to a total payout of $520 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of government officials...
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10. Harry Markopolos -- Famed Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos made a filing under the whistleblower provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) which led to the agreement by Massachusetts-based State Street Bank and Trust Company to pay a total...
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10. WALTER INVESTMENT -- Walter Investment Management Corp. agreed to pay $29.6 million to resolve allegations that, through its subsidiaries, Reverse Mortgage Solution, REO Management Solutions and RMS Asset Management Solutions, it violated the False Claims Act in...
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