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November 16, 2017

Georgia-based not-for-profit Hyperion Foundation, its former president Julie Mittleider, Georgia-based nursing home management company AltaCare Corporation, its CEO Douglas Mittleider, and related companies Long Term Care Services Inc. and Sentry Healthcare Acquirors Inc. agreed to pay $1.25 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by providing grossly substandard care to residents at the Oxford Health and Rehabilitation nursing home in Mississippi when it was operated by AltaCare under a contract with Hyperion.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Academy Health Center Inc., the owner and landlord of the Mississippi skilled nursing facility.  Academy will receive a whistleblower award in an undisclosed amount from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ

November 16, 2017

Four San Diego-area nursing homes owned by Los Angeles-based Brius Management Co. agreed to pay as much as $6.9 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickbacks Statute by paying kickbacks for patient referrals to discharge planners at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.  The four nursing homes involved are Point Loma Convalescent Hospital, Brighton Place – San Diego, Brighton Place – Spring Valley, and Amaya Springs Health Care Center.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Viki Bell-Manako, a former employee of one of the Brius nursing homes.  She will receive a whistleblower award of 20% of the proceeds of the government's recoveryDOJ (CDCA)

November 14, 2017

Ohio-based Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and New Jersey-based Progressive Garden State Insurance Co., part of the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, one of the nation’s largest auto insurance providers, agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare and Medicaid to pay for claims for which the companies were responsible. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive an award of more than $600,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (DNJ)

Texas Hospital to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

Posted  12/4/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Department of Justice announced Friday that Pine Creek Medical Center LLC, a physician-owned hospital based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act. The claims centered on allegations that Pine Creek paid physicians kickbacks through marketing services in exchange for surgical referrals. The government alleged...

A Whistleblower Caught Between Two Worlds

Posted  11/30/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Forbes reports on the story of whistleblower Brian Aryai who brought a qui tam case in 2009 alleging a scheme of overpayments to labor union foremen by construction companies. The case was recently unsealed in September 2017 and has exposed the troubles Aryai faced when he was seemingly caught in a turf battle between two powerful former United States Attorneys. The two former...

October 31, 2017

Stephen G. Ackerman agreed to pay $200,000 to settle charges he violated the False Claims Act by improperly accepting Social Security Disability Income payments and misleading the Social Security Administration by failing to disclose his work on behalf of Organic Alternatives, a marijuana retail business Mr. Ackerman owns and operates.  DOJ (DCO)

October 30, 2017

Ohio-based Chemed Corporation and various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, agreed to pay $75 million to resolve charges they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for hospice services to Medicare for patients not terminally ill.  Vitas is the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States and was acquired by Chemed in 2004.  The government alleged the defendants rewarded employees with bonuses for the number of patients receiving hospice services, without regard to whether they were actually terminally ill and whether they would have benefited from continuing curative care.  The government further alleged that Vitas submitted false claims to Medicare for continuous home care services that were not necessary, not actually provided, or not performed in accordance with Medicare requirements.  The allegations originated in several whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  The whistleblowers will receive a portion of the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ

October 24, 2017

A federal judge awarded the government roughly $2 million in a verdict against Maryland-based home health care company Dynamic Visions, Inc. for violating the False Claims Act because its employees repeatedly and routinely falsified records to obtain funds from Medicaid.  Specifically, a government investigation found many of the company's patient files did not contain physician authorizations, called “plans of care,” as required under applicable regulations; contained plans of care that were not signed by physicians or other qualified health care workers; or contained forged signatures in order to cover up the lack of a physician’s authorization. DOJ (DDC)

October 20, 2017

Jacksonville-based toxicology lab Total Lab Care, LLC agreed to pay $212,500 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by improperly paying a physician for referring toxicology samples.  DOJ (MDFL)
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