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August 1, 2018
Early Autism Project, Inc. (“EAP”) agreed to pay the United States $8,833,615 to settle allegations brought by whistleblower and former employee of EAP, Olivia Zeigler, that it submitted false claims to TRICARE (a military insurance program) and South Carolina’s Medicaid program for therapy services for children with autism. The therapy services were misrepresented or were never provided. EAP allegedly also created a program under which it billed Medicaid for functions that were not related to therapy services at all and permitted its therapists to regularly bill for more hours than they actually provided therapy services. Olivia Zeigler will be awarded $435,000. DOJJuly 31, 2018
Compassionate Home Care Services, Inc., its owner Carol Anders, and her son Ryan Santiago will pay a $3 million judgment for violating the federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts by filing reimbursement claims for services not rendered or rendered by unlicensed aides and family members. Anders and Santiago were also found to have falsified documents to conceal evidence of fraud upon being investigated by the government. USAO EDNCJuly 26, 2018
3M Company has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) to the US military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device. As part of the settlement, the whistleblower who initiated the lawsuit will receive $1,911,000. DOJJuly 26, 2018
Sorensen Gross Construction Company (Sorensen) and its corporate vice president, Khalil Saab, have agreed to pay $2.481 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payment under a construction contract funded by USAID. Sorensen allegedly subcontracted almost all of the work on a project to build or renovate 16 schools in Aqaba, Jordan to a local Jordanian company, Concorde, in violation of its contract with USAID. DOJConstantine Cannon Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of AARP
Posted 07/27/18
Constantine Cannon is proud to have partnered with AARP Foundation to represent AARP, AARP Foundation, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Justice in Aging, the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, and the National Health Law Program, as amici curiae in the whistleblower-initiated case of United States ex rel. Angela Ruckh v. Salus Rehabilitation, currently on appeal before the 11th Circuit. The appeal...
Constantine Cannon Partner Jessica Moore on Court’s Decision in Medicare Advantage Case
Posted 07/23/18
Becker’s Hospital Review published Four Key Takeaways From 9th Circuit’s Resurrection of the Silingo Medicare Advantage Case, written by Constantine Cannon partner Jessica T. Moore. In the article, Ms. Moore analyzes the Ninth Circuit’s July, 2018, ruling in U.S. ex rel. Silingo v. WellPoint, Inc., a case brought by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act alleging risk adjustment fraud in Medicare’s Part C...
Catch of the Week -- AngioDynamics
Posted 07/20/18
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to New York-based medical device maker AngioDynamics, Inc. On Wednesday, the company agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by making false and misleading promotional claims about the LC Bead and Perforator Vein Ablation Kit (PVAK) medical devices. Angio served as the U.S. distributor for Biocompatibles plc, the...
10th Circuit Finds that Doctor’s Judgment is Not Automatically Reasonable and Necessary
Posted 07/20/18
By Poppy Alexander
Top-level heart surgeons work in a rarified world, where few may question their medical judgment. Yet that judgment is not infallible-and its presence is not in itself a protection against False Claims Act liability. The Tenth Circuit recently held as much in United States ex rel. Polukoff v. St. Mark’s Hospital et al., finding that a doctor may be exercising medical judgment while still...