FCA Federal

April 12, 2017

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services agreed to pay roughly $7 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DOJ

April 12, 2017

Peter Novajosky and Kathy Novajosky, doing business as P&K Realty, agreed to pay roughly $35,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by making false statements to obtain federal funds through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance program.  According to the government, the Novajoskys applied for HUD funding without disclosing the tenant to which the requested funding related was their daughter. DOJ (MDPA)

April 11, 2017

Argentine information technology and consulting firm Sistemas Globales S.A. agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it and its corporate affiliates, including U.S. affiliate Globant LLC, violated the False Claims Act and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act relating to Globant’s use of B-1 visas for certain of its foreign national employees. DOJ (NDTX)

April 11, 2017

Norman Regional Hospital Authority (d/b/a Norman Regional Health System) and certain employees and physicians of Norman Regional agreed to pay roughly $1.6 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for radiological services performed without the proper supervision by a physician.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Norman Regional radiologist Dr. Lance Garber.  He will receive a yet-to-be-identified whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (WDOK)

April 10, 2017

Kentucky based nursing home operator Prestige Healthcare agreed to pay $995,500 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with regard to its role in an alleged scheme to falsely bill Medicare for unnecessary genetic testing.  According to the government, Prestige provided genetic testing company Genomix LLC with information on and access to Prestige nursing home patients without ensuring physician orders were obtained for the testing and where Prestige physicians were not aware of and did not agree with the medical necessity of the testing. DOJ (WDWI)

April 10, 2017

The Virginia Department of Social Services agreed to pay roughly $7.1 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DOJ

March 31, 2017

Tennessee based Exemplary Behavior, LLC and its principal, Andre Anderson, agreed to pay $20,000 to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Defense Health Agency’s TRICARE program for the provision of therapy services, including Applied Behavior Analysis (“ABA”) to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (“ASD”).  Specifically, the settlement resolves charges that Exemplary Behavior submitted false claims to TRICARE as a result of their (1) double billing for services rendered; (2) billing for services not rendered by the billing provider; (3) providing group therapy while billing for individual therapy; and (4) billing for services, including ABA therapy, that were not actually provided. DOJ (MDTN)

March 23, 2017

American University of Beirut agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing material support to three entities that had been included on the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (“OFAC”) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (the “SDN List”).  According to the government, the university provided material support to three SDN List entities by (1) providing specialized training on a variety of media topics, and (2) including one of the entities in a database on its public website to connect Non-Governmental Organizations with students and others interested in assisting them. DOJ (SDNY)