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August 22, 2013
ATI Enterprises Inc. will pay the government $3.7M to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely certified compliance with federal student aid programs’ eligibility requirements and submitted claims for ineligible students. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJDOJ Catch Of The Week -- Kindred Healthcare
Posted 01/15/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Kentucky-based healthcare provider Kindred Healthcare, Inc. On Tuesday, the company and its two RehabCare Group subsidiaries agreed to pay $125 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Nashville Pharmacy Services
Posted 01/8/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Nashville Pharmacy Services, LLC, and its majority owner Kevin Hartman. On Tuesday, Mr. Hartman and his Nashville-based pharmacy that specializes in dispensing HIV and AIDS-related medications agreed to pay up to $7.8 million to settle charges they overbilled Medicare and TennCare for pharmacy services. Click here...
Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries For 2015
Posted 01/7/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2015 for violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and/or the Stark Law.
10. AA ADVANCED CARE -- Felix Gonzalez, owner of Miami home health care company AA Advanced Care, was ordered to pay $21.4 million in restitution (and sentenced to 113 months in prison) for billing Medicare...
Top-10 DOJ False Claims Act Recoveries For 2015
Posted 01/4/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries for 2015.
10. TUOMEY HEALTHCARE -- The South Carolina-based hospital system agreed to pay $72.4 million to settle charges of billing Medicare for services referred by physicians with whom the hospital had improper financial relationships.
9. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS -- The...
A Big Friday for Whistleblowers
Posted 12/21/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
In what might be a first of its kind for whistleblowers and the government, this past Friday there were four significant government fraud recoveries all initiated by whistleblowers. In the midst of what is certainly an ever-expanding parade of whistleblower-prompted fraud settlements by the government, this may be the only time four major settlements were announced in a single...
DOJ Announces Another Banner Year For False Claims Act Recoveries -- Whistleblowers Continue to Lead the Charge
Posted 12/4/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Yesterday, to much fanfare, the Department of Justice announced it had obtained more than $3.5 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for its fiscal year 2015. It is the fourth year in a row the $3.5 billion mark has been crossed, and brings to more than $26 billion the total FCA recoveries the government has obtained since 2009. And once again, as the DOJ made clear...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Education Management Corp.
Posted 11/20/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Education Management Corp. (EDMC), the second-largest for-profit education company in the country. On Monday, the company agreed to pay $95.5 million to resolves allegations it violated the federal False Claims Act and several state False Claims Acts by falsely certifying it was in compliance with Title IV of the...
The Calm Before the Storm: Enforcement Trends in Risk Adjustment: DOJ and the False Claims Act
Posted 11/17/15
Presentation by Mary Inman at SSN's Medicare Risk Adjustment & Revenue Management Conference in Miami. (November 17, 2015). Download presentation; Click here to view the agenda.