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Rotech Agrees to Pay $9.68 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability Related to Improper Billing for Portable Oxygen

Posted  04/16/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Justice Department announced a settlement last week for $9.68 million with Rotech Healthcare Inc. to settle charges of knowingly submitting false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicare. The settlement included an admission by Rotech that is knowingly billed portable oxygen contents to Medicare for beneficiaries who neither used nor required them and that Rotech billed...

Banner Health Agrees to Pay $18 Million to Settle Whistleblower Case

Posted  04/13/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Banner Health has agreed to pay over $18 million to settle allegations that 12 of its hospitals in Arizona and Colorado knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare by admitting patients who could have been treated on a less costly outpatient basis.  Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals in multiple states. “Taxpayers should not bear...

Orthopedic and Anesthesia Providers to Pay $3.2 million to Settle False Claim Act Allegations

Posted  04/6/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Georgia Bone & Joint, Summit Surgery Center, Southern Crescent Anesthesiology, Sentry Anesthesia Management, and David LaGuardia agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle allegations that LaGuardia, Sentry, and SCA provided a free medical director to Summit Surgery Center in order to induce it to choose to perform more procedures at the surgery center rather than in the GBJ office. GBJ...

Norwegian Non-Profit Settles FCA Suit Related to Terrorism Financing

Posted  04/5/18
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a non-profit, non-governmental organization that receives funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has settled an FCA suit for over $2M. According to the allegations, NPA provided material support to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and the Democratic Front of the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), contrary to USAID’s...

Radiation Therapy Company Agrees to Pay Up to $11.5 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims and Kickbacks

Posted  04/2/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The DOJ announced a settlement with Texas-based radiation therapy center SightLine Health LLC (“SightLine”) and Oncology Network Holdings LLC, which acquired SightLine in 2011, for $11.5 million to settle allegations in a False Claims Act complaint that Sightline submitted Medicare claims that violated the Anti-Kickback Statute.  According to DOJ, the allegations centered on...

Question of the Week -- Are you concerned about fraudsters and the border wall project?

Posted  03/28/18
By <the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team In a recent op-ed in the Houston Chronicle, Constantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman explained why President Trump’s proposed border wall project could be a prime target for unscrupulous actors looking to defraud the United States Government. Ms. Inman called on lawmakers to condition any funding on increased oversight of how the monies are spent and encouraged the government to...

Alere to Pay $33.2 Million to Settle FCA Allegations Relating to Unreliable Diagnostic Testing Devices

Posted  03/23/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer Alere Inc. and its subsidiary Alere San Diego have agreed to pay the United States $33.2 million to resolve allegations that Alere caused hospitals to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs by knowingly selling materially unreliable point-of-care diagnostic testing devices, the Justice...

Japanese Fiber Manufacturer to Pay $66 Million for Alleged False Claims Related to Defective Bullet Proof Vests

Posted  03/16/18
Toyobo Co. of Japan and Toyobo U.S.A., its American subsidiary, (collectively, Toyobo), agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that they sold defective Zylon fiber used in bullet proof vests the United States purchased for law enforcement agencies. The settlement is part of a larger federal investigation of the body armor industry’s use of Zylon in body armor. The Department of...

Genetic Testing Company Settles Whistleblower Suit for $11.4M

Posted  03/14/18
Silicon Valley-based Natera, Inc. agreed to pay over $11 million to resolve claims it improperly billed government healthcare programs for its non-invasive prenatal tests and screenings in violation of the False Claims Act by billing for the tests with an incorrect billing code. In resolution of the allegations, Natera will pay over $10.6 million to the federal government and $756,183 to a number of state Medicaid...

Beam Bros. Trucking Agree to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations

Posted  03/13/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Beam Bros. Trucking, a Virginia trucking company, has agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Beam Bros. overcharged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on contracts to transport mail. This settlement resolves allegations that BBT misused USPS issued credit cards to purchase fuel on contracts that did not allow for their use, resulting in...
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