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June 5, 2018

Louisiana-based post-acute healthcare management company Allegiance Health Management will pay over $1.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations it billed Medicare for intensive outpatient psychotherapy services to hospitalized patients who did not need the services, received inappropriate levels of treatment, or were provided nontherapeutic treatment. The settlement also resolves claims Allegiance Health Management failed to provide treatment pursuant to an individualized treatment plan and neither tracked nor document patient progress adequately. The suit was brought by whistleblower and former Allegiance employee Ryan Ladner, who will receive a $300,000 share of the settlement. DOJ

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Lack of Medical Necessity, Provider Fraud, Upcoding, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

June 5, 2018

Great Western Drilling Company agreed to pay $600,000 to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by underreporting and underpaying federal royalties due on natural gas extracted from New Mexico sites the company leased from the federal government. USAO DCO

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, FCA Federal,

June 7, 2018

A prime contractor joint venture between AECOM, Bechtel, and CH2M Hill, Washington Closure Hanford, LLC, performing environmental clean-up at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site, has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle a case first brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.  The case alleged that defendant awarded subcontracts reserved for small disadvantaged business to a company that purported to be eligible for such contracts but was in fact a pass-through front company for a larger entity.  The whistleblowers will receive $643,000 as a result of the settlement.  ED WA

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Question of the Week -- Will New Tariffs Result in More Fraudulent Tariff Dodging?

Posted  06/6/18
On May 31, the White House announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Steel from those countries and the European Union will be subject to a 25% tariff, and aluminum will be subject to a 10% tariff. While the steel and aluminum tariffs were originally proposed to apply to imports from a larger number of countries, the White House announcement...

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, FCA Federal, International Whistleblowers, Question of the Week,

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Constantine Cannon Partner Eric Havian Will Be a Guest Speaker for the American Bar Association’s National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement

Posted  06/5/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team On Thursday, June 14, at 10:45am Eastern, Partner Eric Havian will be speaking as a special panel at the American Bar Association’s 12th National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement in Washington, DC. Mr. Havian will discuss relator and government prerogatives, the development of damages and the negotiation of settlement agreements. Click here for...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, FCA Federal,

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June 1, 2018

Richmond, Virginia-based James River Air Conditioning Company agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it violated prevailing wage requirements, underpaid workers, and submitted false payroll reports to the government related to plumbing, heating, and HVAC work the company performed under seven federal renovation and construction project contracts.  The case was originally filed as a whistleblower complaint under the False Claims Act by Nathan Kirchgessner, who will receive $106,250 from the settlement. USAO EDVA

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Prevailing Wage, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 31, 2018

Irina Minkovich and Yelena Babchinetskya, owners of Philadelphia-based I&L Express Pharmacy, entered into an integrity agreement and will pay $3.2 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act over a six-year period by billing Medicare for prescription drugs never dispensed to patients. USAO EDPA

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medical Billing Fraud, Pharma Fraud,

May 29, 2018

Following a two-week jury trial, LaTonya Mallory, Floyd Calhoun Dent III, and Robert Bradford Johnson were collectively found liable for $114 million for violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by paying physicians for patient referrals to two blood-testing laboratories, and for causing those laboratories to bill federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing. The verdict resolves three separate whistleblower suits filed by Dr. Michael Mayes, Scarlett Lutz, Kayla Webster, and Chris Reidel, who will receive a yet-to-be-determined share of any recoveries. USAO DDC

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Lack of Medical Necessity, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 29, 2018

UK-headquartered marine services contractor Inchcape will pay $20 million to resolve allegations the company and its subsidiaries defrauded the U.S. Navy by submitted exaggerated invoices, double-billing, and billing at rates in excess of agreed-upon rates under contracts for ship "husbanding" services, including ship-to-shore and local transportation, force protection services, food provision, and waste removal. The case was originally filed under the False Claims Act by former employees of Inchcape, Noah Rudolph, Andrea Ford, and Lawrence Cosgriff, who will receive approximately $4.4 million of the settlement. USAO DDC

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 29, 2018

Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club will collectively pay $825,000 to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations the company’s automatic prescription refills for Minnesota Medicaid patients violated Minnesota law and wasted taxpayer dollars on unnecessary and unused medications. USAO DMN

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medicaid, Pharma Fraud,

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