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April 9, 2015
Virginia-based cardiovascular testing disease laboratory Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to physicians in exchange for patient referrals and billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing. A second cardio testing lab, California-based Singulex Inc., agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle similar charges. The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Michael Mayes, Scarlett Lutz, Kayla Webster and Chris Reidel under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower award they will receive has yet to be determined. Whistleblower InsiderFebruary 25, 2014
Diagnostic Imaging Group agreed to pay $15.5M to resolve allegations that its diagnostic testing facility falsely billed federal and state health care programs for tests that were not performed or not medically necessary and by paying kickbacks to physicians. The allegations were first raised in three qui tam lawsuits filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJSeptember 25, 2013
Kan-Di-Ki LLC, d/b/a Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology agreed to pay $17.5M to settle allegations that the California-based company violated the federal and California False Claims Acts by paying kickbacks for referral of mobile lab and radiology services subsequently billed to Medicare and Medi-Cal (the state of California’s Medicaid program). 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 -- Pharmasan Labs
Posted 12/4/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Wisconsin-based Pharmasan Labs, Inc. and its related billing company NeuroScience, Inc. On Tuesday, both companies and their founders, Gottfried and Mieke Kellermann, agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve charges they violated the False Claims Act by (i) submitting false information for laboratory services, and (ii)...
DOJ Scores Big With Two Whistleblower False Claims Act Wins
Posted 10/23/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
It was a good week for the Department of Justice in reigning in corporate fraud. Not only did it secure more than $700 million in fines and penalties from Crédit Agricole for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers and Trading With the Enemy Acts. See DOJ Catch of the Week. It also pulled in two additional eight and nine-figure settlements from two...
Sleep-Disorder Fraud
Posted 09/22/15
Can one commit fraud while sleeping? Sort of.
Increasing numbers of troubled sleepers are seeking diagnosis and treatment of chronic sleep disorders that affect more than fifty million Americans. The significant growth in sleep medicine over recent years brings increasing opportunities for the unscrupulous to engage in fraudulent services and billing
The most common method of diagnosing sleep disorders is a...
Constantine Cannon And Department of Justice Continue Joint Pursuit Against California Sleep-Clinic Chain
Posted 09/4/15
By Jessica T. Moore
Constantine Cannon LLP has filed an amended complaint on behalf of a whistleblower alleging multi-faceted fraud on the part of Bay Sleep Clinic and its owners and operators, and billing company Access Medical Consultants. The filing in United States ex rel. Dresser v. Qualium Corp., et al, Civil Action No. 12-1745 in the Northern District of California, comes on the same day the United...