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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Four hospitals in the Houston area have agreed to pay $8.6M to settle allegations that they received kickbacks from ambulance companies in exchange for the hospitals’ Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals. The hospitals are Bayshore Medical Center, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, West Houston Medical Center, and East Houston Regional Medical Center. All four hospitals...
Several more executives were charged for their alleged roles in the $400 million fraud and bribery scheme involving Tenet Healthcare Corporation. The indictments follow the October 2016 guilty plea and half a billion dollar payout by Tenet and its subsidiaries for violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. The allegations of the scheme originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to AnMed Health. On Wednesday, the South Carolina-based hospital agreed to pay more than $7 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare claims for a variety of services, including radiation oncology services, emergency department services, and clinic services. See DOJ...
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals will plead guilty to charges concerning its prescription drug, Juxtapid, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. According to the Justice Department’s press release:
Aegerion introduced Juxtapid into interstate commerce that was misbranded because, among other things, Aegerion failed to comply with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS). The resolution also...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Allied Home Mortgage, and several other Allied companies, are facing a judgment over fraudulent conduct while participating in the FHA program. In a trial last November, a jury in Houston found that the companies and their CEO violated both the FCA and FIRREA, causing over $92M in single damages to the government. Now a judgment has been ordered by the court which trebled the...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
A South Carolina family medical practice chain, along with its owner and laboratory director, agreed to pay roughly $2 Million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act and Stark Law which prohibits physician self-referrals. Specifically, Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina (FMC) agreed to pay $1.56 million, and FMC's principal owner Dr. Stephen F. Serbin and...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that the U.S. Government has intervened in its client's whistleblower case against Pure Collection Ltd., a Harrogate, England-based e-retailer of luxury cashmere and apparel. The Government also brought claims against Pure's current acting CEO, Samantha Harrison. The whistleblower lawsuit, among one of the first whistleblower cases...