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Whistleblower-Initiated Case: DOJ Files FCA Complaint Against Priority Hospital Group and Three LTCHs

Posted 01/28/26

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By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On January 16, the government filed a False Claims Act complaint against Priority Hospital Group LLC (PHG), a Louisiana-based hospital management company, three PHG-managed long term care hospitals, and a doctor alleging they submitted false claims for medically unnecessary care and engaged in improper patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback and Stark Law.

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act, Medicare, qui tam,

Traditions Health Pays $34M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Medically Unnecessary Home Health Services

Posted 01/28/26

medical equipment with phone and notepad

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Thursday (January 22), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tennessee-based Traditions Health agreed to pay $34 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary home health services and paying kickbacks to physicians in exchange for referrals.[1] ...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act, qui tam,

Florida Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay Nearly $6M in Whistleblower Case Involving Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds

Posted 01/22/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Five Florida ophthalmology practices, Clay Eye Holdings LLC, Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC, Florida Eye Institute P.A., Miami Eye LLC, and Kendall Eye Institute Inc., agreed to pay roughly $6 million to settle allegations that they submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act. [1] According to the government, the...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act,

Healthcare Employees Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion Dollar Adult Daycare Fraud Scheme

Posted 01/22/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team A Texas physician and a clinic employee have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a multimillion dollar healthcare fraud and kickback scheme involving unnecessary lab tests and prescriptions. Dr. Osama Nahas, owner and physician at Crosspoint Medical Clinic, and medical assistant Isabel Pruneda were convicted on March 1, 2024 by a federal jury of conspiracy to...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, qui tam,

DOJ's Annual False Claims Act Roundup For 2025 -- Another Record Year for Whistleblower-Initiated Fraud Enforcement

Posted 01/21/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Friday (January 16), the Department of Justice released its Annual Report of False Claims Act enforcement for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.[1] By all accounts, it was another record year for fraud enforcement with the Government recovering roughly $6.9 billion, the largest single-year haul ever under the statute. As usual, the bulk of that amount --...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, qui tam,

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

Posted 01/20/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Wednesday (January 14), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that several affiliates of Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage patients to secure inflated payments from the Government.[1] It is the largest False...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Medicare Advantage Fraud, qui tam,

South Carolina Lab Pleads Guilty and Will Pay At Least $6.8M to Resolve Kickback Allegations Involving Doctors

Posted 01/13/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Clinical laboratory LTD Holding LLC (previously Labtech Diagnostics LLC) based in Anderson, South Carolina, and its founder and CEO Joseph Labash, agreed to pay roughly $6.8 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they paid illegal kickbacks to doctors from August 2018 to November 2021. This settlement brings the DOJ’s total civil False Claims Act...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act,

Teledyne ESP Resolves False Claims Act Allegations Involving the Sale of Non-Conforming Parts to the Department of Defense, Agrees to Pay $1.5M

Posted 01/7/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On January 5, the DOJ announced that Teledyne RISI Inc., also known as Teledyne Electronic Safety Products (Teledyne ESP), an aerospace and defense electronics company in Chatsworth, California, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act by supplying aircraft parts to the military that did not meet contract specifications.

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Government Procurement Fraud,

And Yet Another Whistleblower-Originated Customs Fraud Case -- Ceratizit Pays $54.4M in Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement

Posted 12/23/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Thursday (December 18), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that North Carolina-based Ceratizit USA agreed to pay $54.4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay duties it owed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the products it imported from China.[1] It is just the latest in a string of customs fraud settlements...

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, False Claims Act, qui tam,

Dana-Farber Pays $15M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of NIH Grant Fraud

Posted 12/22/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Tuesday (December 16), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute agreed to pay $15 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently securing and using National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants.[1] It is just the latest in a series of False Claims Act enforcement actions against...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, qui tam,

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Whistleblower-Initiated Case: DOJ Files FCA Complaint Against Priority Hospital Group and Three LTCHs

Traditions Health Pays $34M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Medically Unnecessary Home Health Services

Florida Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay Nearly $6M in Whistleblower Case Involving Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds

Healthcare Employees Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion Dollar Adult Daycare Fraud Scheme

DOJ's Annual False Claims Act Roundup For 2025 -- Another Record Year for Whistleblower-Initiated Fraud Enforcement

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

South Carolina Lab Pleads Guilty and Will Pay At Least $6.8M to Resolve Kickback Allegations Involving Doctors

Teledyne ESP Resolves False Claims Act Allegations Involving the Sale of Non-Conforming Parts to the Department of Defense, Agrees to Pay $1.5M

And Yet Another Whistleblower-Originated Customs Fraud Case -- Ceratizit Pays $54.4M in Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement

Dana-Farber Pays $15M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of NIH Grant Fraud

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