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May 27, 2016
Medical device manufacturer Paradigm Spine agreed to pay $585,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by marketing the company’s coflex-F® device for surgical uses that were not approved by the FDA. The settlement further resolves allegations that Paradigm caused false claims by giving false recommendations on how to code health claims for procedures involving the company’s coflex® device. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Chris Coyle, a former Paradigm Spine sales representative, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Mr. Coyle will receive a whistleblower award of approximately $105,300 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (DMD)DOJ Catch of the Week -- Genentech
Posted 06/10/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC. On Monday, the San Francisco and New York-based pharmaceutical companies agreed to pay $67 million to resolve charges they violated the False Claims Act by making misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva, which is approved to treat certain patients...
Tarceva Whistleblower Settlement Shows Government Willingness to Scrutinize Efficacy Data Even for On-Label Uses
Posted 06/8/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
On June 6, 2016, the Department of Justice announced that Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals would pay $67 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that the companies misled physicians and patients about the effectiveness of Tarceva to treat certain types of lung cancer. The whistleblower’s complaint alleged that the companies deployed sales forces and physician...
DOJ Catch of the Week -- Prime Healthcare
Posted 05/27/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Prime Healthcare Services. On Wednesday, the Justice Department announced its decision to intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against Prime, its founder and CEO Dr. Prem Reddy, and 14 Prime hospitals in California. The government alleges that at Dr. Reddy's direction, these...
May 27, 2016
Partner Mary Inman was quoted in the Modern Healthcare article, Feds will appeal loss in Medicare fraud case over hospice eligibility. Click here to read the article.May 20, 2016
Hospicio La Paz, Inc. agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act in connection with approximately $1.5 million in questionable billings it submitted for payment to the Medicare Part A program. DOJ (D.PR)May 18, 2016
Missouri physician Randall E. Meyer pleaded guilty to (and agreed to pay roughly $75,000) violating the False Claims Act. Meyer, a surgeon with Central Missouri Cardiology, P.C., admitted claiming the percentage of patients’ lesions and stenosis in their arteries was 70 percent or greater when it was substantially less. The health care benefit programs would not have reimbursed claims if the programs had known Meyer was inflating the percentage of patient lesion and stenosis. DOJ (W.D.MO)May 16, 2016
Mountain States Contractors, an affiliated company of Jones Brothers, agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment in connection with the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Mountain States employee under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive a whistleblower award of $500,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. Whistleblower InsiderDOJ Catch of the Week -- Mountain States Contractors
Posted 05/20/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Mountain States Contractors, an affiliated company of Jones Brothers. On Monday, the construction company has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment in connection with the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business...