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May 2, 2018

New Jersey construction company Ranco Construction agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by contracting for public construction jobs despite paying its workers a lower hourly wage than required under state and federal law. Specifically, the government claimed that Ranco routinely entered into construction contracts with various state and federal entities and falsely certified to the government that its employees were paid hourly wage rates set under federal and New Jersey prevailing wage laws. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed former Ranco employee Robert Kleinow under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. He will receive of a whistleblower award of more than $150,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (NJ)

April 27, 2018

New Era Rehabilitation Center and its owners agreed to pay roughly $1.4 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicaid for methadone maintenance counseling services and psychotherapy services for the same patients. DOJ (CT)

April 27, 2018

Las Vegas medical practice Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Nevada, Inc. agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing federal healthcare programs for surgical services not actually provided to its cardiac patients and billing for more expensive surgical and evaluation and management services than actually provided. DOJ (NV)

April 26, 2018

Tennessee physician Brenna Green paid roughly $200,000 to settle claims she violated the False Claims Act, the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute for her role in a kickback scheme with Southwest Laboratories, Medscan Laboratory, and sales representatives affiliated with Southwest and Medscan. According to the government, Green acquired shares in Southwest for a nominal sum in exchange for a guaranteed “dividend” of approximately $5,000 per month as long as she met or exceeded the number of urine drug screen referrals required by Southwest. DOJ (NDVA)

April 25, 2018

Long Island-based pediatrics practice Freed, Kleinberg, Nussbaum, Festa & Kronberg M.D., LLP (dba Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine), along with some of the practice’s current and former physicians, agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicaid for services provided by physicians who were not enrolled in the program. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (EDNY)

Question of the Week -- Should Congress Provide Financial Bounties to Antitrust Whistleblowers?

Posted  05/9/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Cartels are being busted. More and more every year. But they are not going away. For every conspiracy the government cracks down on, we can be sure there are several more that carry on unnoticed and unscathed. A broad-based whistleblower program could be the most promising solution to fill this antitrust enforcement gap. But it has to include financial incentives to compensate...

New York Urgent Care Clinic Pays Over $6.6M to Settle FCA Suit

Posted  05/7/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team CityMD, a company that manages over 80 urgent care clinics in and around New York City, has settled allegations that it billed Medicare for more expensive services than were actually performed, and that it billed Medicare under the names of doctors who did not actually perform the services. Under the terms of the settlement, CityMD also accepted responsibility for its...

MassTech and its CEO and CFO To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Posted  05/4/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Columbia-based MassTech, Inc., its former Chief Executive Officer, Arnold Lee, and its former Chief Financial Officer, Richard Lee, have agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million to resolve allegations that MassTech falsely certified it was a small business in order to obtain Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) awards. The settlement agreement was announced by United...

April 19, 2018

Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims he violated the False Claims Act through his admitted use of performance-enhancing drugs and methods resulting in the submission of millions of dollars in false claims for sponsorship payments to the U.S. Postal Service. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former teammate Floyd Landis.  Landis will receive a whistleblower award of $1.1 million from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ

April 19, 2018

San Diego-based diagnostic lab testing company Biotheranostics Inc. agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for Breast Cancer Index (BCI) tests not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. DOJ
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