Medical Devices and DME
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July 7, 2014
Vahe Tahmasian of Glendale, California was sentenced to 121 months in prison and ordered to pay roughly a million dollars for his role in a $1.5M Medicare fraud and identity theft scheme. Tahmasian and his co-conspirators purchased Orthomed Appliance Inc., a DME supply company, stole the personal identifying information of Medicare beneficiaries and doctors in the company’s patient files, and used that information to submit a large volume of fraudulent claims to Medicare. DOJMarch 24, 2014
Vahe Tahmasian, owner and operator of the Hollywood, CA-based durable medical equipment supply company Orthomed Appliance, was found guilty by a federal jury in Los Angeles for his role in a $1.5M Medicare fraud scheme. DOJFebruary 19, 2014
Medical device manufacturer EndoGastric Solutions agreed to pay up to $5.25M to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misleading health care providers about how to bill federal health care programs for a procedure using a device manufactured by the company and by paying kickbacks. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJJanuary 9, 2014
CareFusion Corp agreed to pay $40.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company paid kickbacks and promoted its ChloraPrep products for non-FDA approved uses. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJDecember 20, 2013
Genzyme Corp. agreed to pay $22.3M to resolve allegations that it marketed, and caused false claims to be submitted to federal and state health care programs for use of a “slurry” version of its Seprafilm adhesion barrier. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJDecember 19, 2013
Dr. Elie Korban will pay $1.2M to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cardiac stent placements. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJOctober 17, 2013
Boston Scientific Corp. agreed to pay $30Mn to settle allegations that, between 2002 and 2005, its Guidant subsidiary knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that in turn implanted the devices into Medicare patients. The allegations were first raised in a qui tamlawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJSleep-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...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Orbit Medical/Rehab Medical
Posted 05/29/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Orbit Medical Inc. and its partial successor, Rehab Medical Inc. On Wednesday, these durable medical equipment suppliers agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle False Claims Act charges that Orbit submitted false claims to federal health care programs for power wheelchairs and accessories. See DOJ Press...