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July 1, 2022
Air France and KLM Airlines have agreed to pay $3.9 million to resolve their liability under the False Claims Act. Under contracts with USPS, the airlines were required to submit scans showing when mail was transferred from their possession, but they submitted scans that falsely reported delivery times. DOJJuly 1, 2022
Reliance Medical Systems LLC and its owners Bret Berry and Adam Pike will pay $1 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations by paying doctors to use their medical devices in spinal surgeries. Through its physician-owned distributorships (PODs), Reliance paid physicians for referrals, made false statements, and terminated physicians who didn’t refer enough patients, in one instance offering a surgeon a share of profits after he proved his “loyalty” to the POD. DOJJune 30, 2022
Delta Airlines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations that it falsely reported mail delivery times under a contract with USPS in order to avoid penalties for mail delivered late or to the wrong location. The settlement resolves Delta’s liability under the False Claims Act. DOJJune 29, 2022
Citadel Care Centers LLC and Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center will pay $7.85 million for switching their elderly residents’ Medicare coverage to maximize the Medicare payments the centers would receive--a blatant False Claims Act violation. Citadel directed Plaza employees to disenroll residents from Medicare Advantage Plans and enroll them in Original Medicare instead—without the residents’ knowledge or consent—to maximize their reimbursements. USAO SDNYA recent case could undermine the rules that have been protecting taxpayer money from fraud since the time of Lincoln
Posted 06/24/22
Constantine Cannon whistleblower lawyers Eric Havian, Mike Ronickher, and Ari Yampolsky were published in Fortune.com on the Supreme Court's consideration of the SuperValu decision.
We’re whistleblower lawyers who spend our careers speaking in legalese. But every once in a while, a case comes along that is so alarming, yet so couched in jargon, that an issue of great importance can easily escape notice. When that...American hospitals have been resistant to whistleblowers. Here’s how they can save money and lives by embracing them.
Posted 06/21/22
