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March 13, 2018

Marshfield Medical, Inc. (formerly known as Bromedicon, Inc.) agreed to pay $550,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act for submitting claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs without providing a qualified interpreting physician to monitor each surgery for which it purportedly provided remote Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring. According to the government, in some of those cases, no one monitored the data stream from the surgeries and in others, Bromedicon’s medical director, a foreign medical school graduate with no license to practice medicine in the United States, was the only monitor. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  DOJ (EDPA)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Improper Medical Personnel, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

March 12, 2018

Virginia-based trucking company Beam Bros. Trucking Inc. and its principals Gerald and Garland Beam agreed to pay roughly $1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act through the company's overcharging the U.S. Postal Service on contracts to transport mail. According to the government, Beam Bros. misused government Voyager Cards, provided by USPS to purchase fuel, to purchase fuel on contracts that did not allow for their use, resulting in inflated charges. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Beam Bros. employee Bobby Blizzard. He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 9, 2018

San Diego communications company TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. agreed to pay roughly $12.2 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by entering into multiple Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) contracts with government defense agencies for which it was ineligible. DOJ (SDCA)

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud,

March 8, 2018

Kmart Corporation agreed to pay $525,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for reimbursement to California’s Medi‑Cal program that were not supported by applicable diagnosis and documentation requirements. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a Kmart pharmacist. The whistleblower will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $96,500 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (EDCA)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 8, 2018

Genetic testing company Natera, Inc. agreed to pay roughly $11.4 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing federal healthcare programs for Natera’s non-invasive prenatal test known as Panorama. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Sallie McAdoo and Steven Aldridge. They will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (WDKY)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Laboratory and IDTF, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 8, 2018

Massachusett’s-based Abiomed, Inc. agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle claims of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by purchasing lavish meals for physicians in order to induce them to use Abiomed’s Impella line of heart pumps. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Abiomed employee. The whistleblower will receive an award of $542,500 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (MA)

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Medical Devices and DME, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 7, 2018

UPMC Hamot, affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Medicor Associates Inc., a regional physician cardiology practice, agreed to pay $20.7 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act, Anti‑Kickback Statute and Stark Law through Hamot's payment under twelve physician and administrative services arrangements to secure Medicor patient referrals. Hamot allegedly had no legitimate need for the services contracted for, and in some instances the services either were duplicative or were not performed. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Medicor employee Dr. Tullio Emanuele. He will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $6 million from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ

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

March 7, 2018

Florida dermatologist and owner of Treasure Coast Dermatology agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle claims he violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and TRICARE for procedures he did not perform.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Patricia Cleary, a former patient of Dr. Ioannides. She will receive a whistleblower award of $475,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (SDFL)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 6, 2018

Iowa chiropractor Bradley Brown and his clinic Brown Chiropractic, P.C. agreed to pay roughly $80,000 to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by billing Medicare and Medicaid for chiropractic adjustments after providing free electrical stimulation to beneficiaries to influence those beneficiaries to receive chiropractic adjustments from Brown. DOJ (NDIA)

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Chiropractic, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Provider Fraud,

February 28, 2018

Deloitte & Touche agreed to pay $149.5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act arising from Deloitte’s role as the independent outside auditor of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), a failed originator of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to the government, TBW engaged in a long-running fraudulent scheme involving the sale of fictitious or double-pledged mortgage loans, and as a result, TBW’s financial statements failed to reflect its severe financial distress. The government alleged Deloitte, as TBW’s independent outside auditor, knowingly deviated from applicable auditing standards and therefore failed to detect TBW’s fraudulent conduct enabling TBW to continue originating FHA-insured mortgage loans until TBW collapsed and declared bankruptcy in 2009. DOJ

Tagged in: Accounting Fraud, FCA Federal, Housing and Mortgage Fraud,

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