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October 13, 2017
First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, P.A. agreed to pay roughly $450,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly delaying repayment of more than $175,000 in overpayments owed to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, the government alleged the company accrued credit balances or overpayments owed to federal health care programs and despite repeated warning failed to pay back the money it owed. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former First Coast employee Douglas Malie. He will receive a whistleblower award of $90,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (MDFL)October 11, 2017
URS Corporation agreed to pay $900,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing under a Joint Venture Project Management Oversight Agreement with Amtrak. DOJ (EDPA)October 10, 2017
Sage Tee LLC, a subcontractor at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site, and its owner Laura Shikashio, agreed to pay $235,000 to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act in connection with improperly receiving two small business subcontracts at DOE's Hanford nuclear site. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (EDWA)October 4, 2017
Med-Fast Pharmacy, Inc. and its owner Douglas Kaleugher agreed to pay roughly $2.7 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by distributing and submitting claims to Medicare for medication that it had either recycled from long-term care facilities serviced by its institutional pharmacy, or that otherwise differed from the medications identified as part of the claims submitted to the government. The government further alleged the company sought reimbursement for the retail-packaged version of diabetes testing strips, while actually supplying patients with cheaper mail-order-packaged version of the same strips. The allegations originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblowers will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (WDPA)October 4, 2017
Four Houston-area hospitals agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by receiving kickbacks from various ambulance companies in exchange for rights to the hospitals’ more lucrative Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals. The hospitals are all affiliated with Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America include Bayshore Medical Center, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, West Houston Medical Center and East Houston Regional Medical Center. The allegations originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblowers will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (SDTX)October 3, 2017
New York-based contractors Zoladz Construction Company Inc., Arsenal Contracting LLC and Alliance Contracting LLC, along with two owners, John Zoladz and David Lyons, agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by improperly obtaining federal set-aside contracts designated for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. 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 $450,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJOctober 3, 2017
New York Anesthesiology Medical Specialties, P.C. (d/b/a New York Spine and Wellness Center) agreed to pay roughly $2 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing the government for moderate sedation services. DOJ (NDNY)October 3, 2017
Pennsylvania garment wholesaler Notations, Inc. agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by repeatedly ignoring warning signs that its business partners, Yingshun Garments Inc., Import Global Designs Inc., and Olgrem LLC, which imported garments from China, were engaged in a fraudulent double-invoicing scheme to underpay customs duties owed on the imported garments they sold to Notations. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower, Xing Wei, will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (SDNY)Drug Wholesaler Settles FCA Suit For $625M
Posted 11/27/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
AmerisourceBergen, a Pennsylvania-based company that provides drug distribution and related services, has agreed to pay $625M to settle an FCA case that claimed that a pre-filled syringe program at one of its subsidiaries violated several federal laws. The subsidiary, Medical Initiatives Inc. (MII), closed in 2014, but was responsible for moving cancer medications from glass...