Anti-Kickback and Stark
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TAF Whistleblower of the Year -- Halifax Whistleblower Elin Baklid-Kunz
Posted 09/18/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The whistleblower advocacy and education group Taxpayers Against Fraud (TAF) just had their fourteenth annual conference in Washington. And in what has become a highlight of the three-day event, the organization made its annual Whistleblower of the Year award. This year's winner is Elin Baklid-Kunz. She is the long-time employee of Halifax Health Medical Center who exposed the...
DOJ Catch of the Week -- Community Health Systems
Posted 08/8/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Community Health Systems, Inc. On Monday, the Tennessee-based operator of acute care hospitals -- the largest in the country with 206 affiliated hospitals in 29 states -- agreed to pay $98 million to resolve charges of billing the government for inpatient services that should have been billed as significantly less...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Infirmary Health System Inc.
Posted 07/25/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Infirmary Health System Inc. On Monday, the Alabama-based hospital system, along with two affiliated clinics and Diagnostic Physicians Group (DPG), agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve government allegations they violated the False Claims Act. Specifically, the government charged the group with violating the...
June 25, 2014
Ohio-based Omnicare Inc., the country’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes, agreed to pay $124 million to settle government charges of offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of Omnicare to supply drugs to their elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients. Donald Gale, former employee of Omnicare Inc., will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $17M from the settlement. DOJDOJ Catch Of The Week -- King's Daughters Medical Center
Posted 05/30/14
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to King's Daughters Medical Center. On Wednesday, this large hospital in northeast Kentucky agreed to pay $41 million to resolve government charges that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims...
May 28, 2014
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc. agreed to pay $9.9M to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company used various types of illegal kickbacks to induce physicians to use pacemakers and defibrillators made and sold by Medtronic. Among the the illegal inducements the government charged Medtronic with using were: 1) paying implanting physicians to speak at events intended to increase the flow of referral business; 2) developing marketing/business development plans for physicians at no cost; and 3) providing tickets to sporting events. The settlement stems from a whistleblower complaint filed by former Medtronic employee Adolfo Schroeder under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. He will receive a whistleblower reward of approximately $1.73M. DOJThe lurking risks of hospital-employed physicians: Stark, Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act compliance
Posted 03/25/14
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March 11, 2014
Florida-based hospital system Halifax Hospital Medical Center agreed to pay $85M to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and Stark Law by executing contracts with six medical oncologists that provided an incentive bonus that improperly included the value of prescription drugs and tests that the oncologists ordered and Halifax billed to Medicare. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed by Halifax Hospital employee Elin Baklid-Kunz under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. She will receive a whistleblower award of $20.8 million. DOJMore Trouble for Orthofix
Posted 12/20/12
By Marlene Koury
Medical device maker Orthofix, Inc. this week obtained court approval for its June 2012 settlement proposal to resolve civil and criminal allegations that it defrauded Medicare through kickback schemes and overbilling for its bone-growth stimulators. Click here for the original government press release. The company will pay approximately $43 million for its misdeeds. This payment follows on...