This archive includes posts from our “Catch of the Week” series, in which the Whistleblower Insider blog highlights particular government enforcement actions. Return to:
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., one of the leading providers of dialysis services in the United States. On Wednesday, the Denver-based company agreed to pay $400 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks for patient referrals to its dialysis clinics. It apparently is the...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Yesterday, the DOJ joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against the aircraft maker and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services Inc. and Derco Aerospace Inc. Sikorsky Aircraft is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, with...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company Caremark LLC. Last Friday, it agreed to pay $6 million to settle charges of failing to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs that should have been paid for by Caremark-administered private health plans. Caremark is operated by CVS Caremark Corporation, one of the...
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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...