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Catch of the Week

This archive includes posts from our “Catch of the Week” series, in which the Whistleblower Insider blog highlights particular government enforcement actions.  Return to:

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Catch of the Week: Lincare Holdings

Posted  08/31/23
Medical Oxygen Tanks
This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to Florida-based Lincare Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German chemical corporation Linde plc.  On Monday (August 28), the DOJ announced that the company agreed to pay $29 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans for oxygen equipment. Lincare provides oxygen...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week: Booz Allen Hamilton

Posted  07/24/23
Businessman Giving Contract to Person to Sign
This week's catch of the week goes to Virginia-based military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation.  On Friday (July 21), the company agreed to pay the United States a whopping $377 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by billing the government for costs unrelated to its government contracts. Government contractors may only charge the government for costs directly related to a...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Contract Non-Compliance, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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Catch of the Week: NextGen Healthcare

Posted  07/14/23
Medical Records Review
This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to electronic health record (EHR) technology vendor NextGen Healthcare Inc.  Today, DOJ announced the company has agreed to pay $31 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting to the government the capabilities of its EHR software and providing kickbacks to its users to induce them to recommend NextGen’s software.  The...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, Electronic Health Records, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week: Smart Pharmacy, Inc.

Posted  06/16/23
topical cream spilled out
This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to Florida-based compounding pharmacies Smart Pharmacy, Inc. and SP2, and their owner Gregory Balotin.  Yesterday, they agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by adding an antipsychotic drug to topical pain creams solely to boost Medicare reimbursement.  Not because of any medical purpose the drug...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medicare, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week: Detroit Medical Center

Posted  06/2/23
Handshake in room with dark window blinds
This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) "Catch of the Week" goes to Detroit Medical Center, Vanguard Health Systems, and Tenet Healthcare.  On Wednesday, they agreed to pay roughly $30 million to settle government and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act by providing kickbacks to certain referring physicians.  It is just the latest in a string of False Claims Act settlements concerning kickbacks...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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Catch of the Week: Vascular Surgeon Pays Over $60 Million for Defrauding Health Care Programs

Posted  05/26/23
Surgeons on Operating Table
This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) "Catch of the Week" goes to Michigan vascular surgeon Vasso Godiali.  Yesterday, DOJ announced he was sentenced to 80 months in prison "for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud health care programs by submitting claims for the placement of vascular stents and for thrombectomies that he did not perform." In addition to the jail time, Dr. Godiali also has to...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

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TriMark Settlement Highlights Fraud in Set-Aside Programs

Posted  03/1/22
In a settlement that DOJ has touted as “the largest-ever False Claims Act recovery based on allegations of small business contracting fraud,” food services equipment supplier TriMark USA agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries used front companies owned by service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) to secure federal set-aside contracts.  While TriMark made it appear...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Set-Asides and Preferences, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week: A Tale of Two Cons

Posted  02/10/22
Money Rolls
The start of February 2022 brought resolutions in two different COVID-19 fraud cases, one in the Paycheck Protection Program and one in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Both involved scammers with previous criminal records who fraudulently obtained COVID relief money. The Department of Justice continues to prioritize enforcement against fraudsters who take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program,...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, COVID-19, Criminal Proceedings, FCA Federal, Government Programs Fraud,

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Catch of the Week: Feds Shut The Door on an Uncommon Fraud Scheme involving New York Indigent Care Pool

Posted  02/3/22
The Southern District of New York announced a $12.9 million settlement with healthcare provider The Door, which provided services to uninsured youth for which it received reimbursement from New York State’s Indigent Care Pool.  The settlement demonstrates the importance of whistleblowers, including the two that brought this case and stand to share in up to 25% of what the government collected, in helping to shut...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Provider Fraud,

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Catch of the Week: Texas Hospice CEO Gets 13 Year Sentence in $60 Million Fraud Scheme

Posted  01/28/22
doctor touching hospice patient
A federal judge in Texas sentenced Bradley Harris, former head of Novus Health Services, Inc. hospice company in Frisco, to more than thirteen years in prison and ordered him to pay $27.6 million in restitution. The sentence, announced in a DOJ press release, follows his guilty plea on charges of conspiracy and fraud on Medicare and Medicaid. Harris is the latest to be sentenced in a fraud scheme spanning...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Government Programs Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice, Improper Medical Facility, Improper Medical Personnel, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medicaid, Medicare,

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