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August 3, 2022

Dunn Meadow LLC dba Dunn Meadow Pharmacy, pleaded guilty to illegally distributing prescription fentanyl and paying kickbacks to healthcare providers, in violation of the False Claims Act and the Controlled Substances Act. From 2015 through 2019, Dunn Meadow filled prescriptions not written for a legitimate medical purpose, including those for patients exhibiting suspicious drug-seeking behavior (i.e., requesting prescriptions be sent to suspicious or inappropriate locations including hotels, casinos, and elementary schools). These actions caused a $4.5 million loss to the federal government. Dunn Meadow will pay up to $50 million over the next five years to resolve its civil liability if it generates future revenue. USAO NJ

July 29, 2022

Allergan will pay up to $2.27 billion to settle allegations they deceptively marketed opioids by downplaying the risks of opioid addiction and instead touting exaggerated benefits from the drugs. Rather than encouraging alternative treatments, Allergan encouraged doctors to prescribe more opioids, and failed to maintain effective controls to prevent diversion of opioids. This settlement involves multiple states, excluding New York, which settled separately with Allergan. VA OAG

July 26, 2022

Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC f/k/a Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will pay over $233 million over a 7-year period to settle False Claims Act violations, which occurred from January 2013 through June 2020. During this time, Mallinckrodt knowingly underpaid Medicaid rebates on its H.P. Acthar Gel. The practice was exposed by a whistleblower lawsuit originally filed in Massachusetts. Mallinckrodt paid rebates for Achtar in 2013 as if it was a “new drug” rather than one that was introduced to the market in 1952. NJ OAG

July 26, 2022

Teva will pay $4.25 billion to resolve allegations that it promoted potent fentanyl products to non-cancer patients, deceptively marketed opioids by downplaying the addiction risks and overstating the drugs’ benefits, and failed to comply with suspicious order monitoring requirements. The final settlement is contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes and transparency requirements. CA AG, PA OAG

July 13, 2022

Solera Specialty Pharmacy and its CEO, Nicholas Saraniti, has agreed to pay $1.31 million and enter into a three-year integrity agreement to resolve allegations of defrauding Medicare.  Solera allegedly submitted fraudulent claims for Evzio—a high-priced version of naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses—based on prior authorization requests that contained false clinical information, that were not actually approved by physicians, and that improperly listed Solera’s contact information as if it were the physician’s.  In connection with a criminal information, Solera has also entered into a deferred prosecution agreement.  The whistleblower in this case, a former employee of Evzio manufacturer kaléo Inc. named Rebecca Socol, will receive a $262,000 share of the settlement.  DOJ

A recent case could undermine the rules that have been protecting taxpayer money from fraud since the time of Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Statute
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...

June 13, 2022

Centene Corporation has agreed to pay $13.7 million to the State of New Mexico, after an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office found the company layered fees and failed to pass discounts onto the state’s Medicaid program, in violation of Medicaid rules and the New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act.  NM AG

June 8, 2022

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has agreed to pay $12.9 million to the State of Texas to resolve allegations of violating the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.  DRL had allegedly reported inflated drug prices to the Texas Medicaid program in order to receive higher reimbursements.  TX AG

May 3, 2022

McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. will pay $518 million for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic. The three companies made billions by shipping excessive amounts of oxycodone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, and other prescription opioids, knowing they would likely wind up in the hands of drug dealers and people suffering from substance use disorder, and often filled orders without adequate identification or reporting. WA AG

April 27, 2022

Dr. Josef Schenker and his urgent care facilities, Josef Schenker, M.D., P.C., and Care Partners Medical Management, LLC will pay $564,217.70 for violations of the False Claims Act, by submitting up-coded claims to Medicare related to administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Schenker and the two facilities provided higher-level CPT codes for services not actually provided, charging, e.g., for an office visit or exam when the patient only actually received a vaccine or a COVID test. EDNY
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