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DOJ Enforcement Actions

					
The Department of Justice is the principal federal agency authorized to enforce the laws and defend the interests of the United States. As such, it oversees the enforcement of the False Claims Act, the foundation of the American whistleblower system, as well as numerous other laws.


The agency traces its origins to the Judiciary Act of 1789 which created the Office of the Attorney General, and the 1870 Act to Establish the Department of Justice, which established the agency as “an executive department of the government of the United States” with the Attorney General as its head.


The agency is comprised of numerous divisions with the Civil Division and in some instances, the Criminal Division, overseeing investigations and prosecutions under the False Claims Act. The U.S. Attorneys Office of the federal district where the False Claims Act case is filed also plays a key role in False Claims Act enforcement.


Below are summaries of recent DOJ settlements or successful resolutions under the False Claims Act as well as other successful prosecutions for fraud and misconduct. If you believe you have information about fraud which could give  rise to a claim for a whistleblower reward, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
September 5, 2017

				 National dental chain Dental Dreams, LLC agreed to pay $1.375 million to resolve allegations it improperly billed the Massachusetts Medicaid program for unnecessary and unjustifiable dental procedures.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Dental Dreams former employee.  The whistleblower will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (DMA)				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
September 1, 2017

				 New Mexico-based Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and its partner Texas-based Christus Health agreed to pay $12.24 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by making illegal donations to county governments which were used to fund the state share of Medicaid payments to the hospital.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Los Alamos County, New Mexico Indigent Healthcare Administrator.  The whistleblower will receive an award of $2.25 million from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 28, 2017

				 Oklahoma physician Dr. Gordon P. Laird agreed to pay $580,000 to settle allegations he violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for services he did not provide or properly supervise.  He is a former owner and employee of the companies Blackwell Feet Plus, LLC, and Feet Plus, LLC, which later did business as Prevention Plus. DOJ (WDOK)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 24, 2017

				 Nashville-based transportation service provider Employment & Assessment Solutions, Inc. and its principal Chris Manus agreed to pay $550,000 to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to TennCare for transportation services which were never provided, including claims for patients who were actually incarcerated or hospitalized at the time of the purported transport. DOJ (MDTN)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 23, 2017

				 St. Agnes Healthcare agreed to pay roughly $123,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for evaluation and management services at a higher reimbursement rate than the Federal health care programs allowed.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Jonathan Safren, a former St. Agnes cardiologist.  He will receive a whistleblower award of $20,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (DMD)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 23, 2017

				 US Bioservices Corp. agreed to pay $13.4 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by participating in a kickback scheme with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. relating to the Novartis drug Exjade.  Specifically, the government alleges US Bio was promised additional patient referrals and related benefits in return for refilling a higher percentage of Exjade than the two other pharmacies that also dispensed Exjade.  DOJ (SDNY)				 					 

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

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 18, 2017

				 Godwin Oriakhi, the owner of five Houston-area home health agencies, was sentenced to 480 months in prison for conspiring to defraud Medicare and the State of Texas’ Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) and Primary Home Care (PHC) Programs of more than $17 million.  The HCBS and PHC Programs provided qualified individuals with in-home attendant and community-based services that are known commonly as “provider attendant services.” (PAS).  This case marks the largest PAS fraud case charged in Texas history. DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Home Health and Hospice, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 17, 2017

				 Pharmaceutical companies Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. agreed to pay $465 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by purposely misclassifying EpiPen as a generic drug to avoid paying higher Medicaid rebates.  Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, state Medicaid programs are entitled to larger rebates for brand-name drugs compared to generics.  According to the government, Mylan circumvented this program and its purpose by erroneously reporting EpiPen as a generic drug to Medicaid so it could demand massive price increases in the private market while avoiding its corresponding rebate obligations to Medicaid.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by competing pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis US.  Sanofi will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $38.7 million from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. Whistleblower Insider				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Drug and DME Pricing, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Pharma Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Eligibility, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 15, 2017

				 Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi.  According to the government, the company mischarged labor incurred on particular contracts to other contracts, even though the costs were not actually incurred by those contracts.  The government also claimed the company billed the Navy and Coast Guard for dive operations to support ship hull construction that did not actually occur.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Huntington Ingalls employee Bryon Faulkner.  He will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $1.6 million. DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Defense Contract Fraud, 
													  Falsifying Invoices, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 14, 2017

				 Maryland-based Midasco, LLC agreed to pay $450,000 to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act failing to comply with the Davis-Bacon Act for not paying workers who performed electrical work on the Virginia I-495 HOV/HOT Lanes Project the prevailing wage required by federal labor standards.  The government alleged Midasco instead improperly classified workers as supervisors and paid them a salary in order to avoid paying the higher wages they were entitled to as electricians.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by David Ridley.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (EDVA)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Prevailing Wage, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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