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January 13, 2017

Massachusetts-based ambulance company Medstar Ambulance Inc., including four subsidiary companies and its two owners, Nicholas and Gregory Melehov, agreed to pay $12.7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for ambulance transport services. According to the government, Medstar routinely billed for services that did not qualify for reimbursement because the transports were not medically reasonable and necessary, billed for higher levels of services than were required by patients’ conditions, and billed for higher levels of services than were actually provided. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Dale Meehan, a former employee in Medstar’s billing office. Mr. Meehan will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $3.5 million. DOJ

January 12, 2017

Baxter International Inc. subsidiary Baxter Healthcare Corporation agreed to pay roughly $18 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act arising from the company's failure to follow current Good Manufacturing Practices when manufacturing sterile drug products in North Carolina. Baxter admitted that it distributed products in interstate commerce that were adulterated in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act FDCA. It will pay a total of $16 million in monetary penalties and forfeiture. It will also pay roughly $2 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs based upon Baxter’s failure to follow cGMPs. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Baxter employee Christopher Wall. He will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $432,000 from the proceeds of the government's False Claims Act recovery. DOJ

January 11, 2017

Ireland-based Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC and certain subsidiaries agreed to pay $350 million to settle charges that Shire and the company it acquired in 2011, Advanced BioHealing violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by using kickbacks and other unlawful methods to induce clinics and physicians to use or overuse their “Dermagraft” skin product. It is the largest False Claims Act recovery in a kickback case involving a medical device, and resolves claims brought by the federal government along with 37 states and the District of Columbia. The States will receive $6,104,000 for the State share of the Medicaid program. According to the government, Dermagraft salespersons unlawfully induced clinics and physicians with lavish dinners, drinks, entertainment and travel; medical equipment and supplies; unwarranted payments for purported speaking engagements and bogus case studies; and cash, credits and rebates. The allegations originated in six lawsuits filed brought by whistleblowers in, or transferred to, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Two of the qui tam actions named New York and other states and included allegations that Shire submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to the Medicaid program under federal and state False Claims Acts. The whistleblowers will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government recovery. Whistleblower Insider, NY, FL

January 6, 2017

The SEC announced an award of more than $5.5 million to a whistleblower who “provided critical information that helped the SEC uncover an ongoing scheme.”  Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, lauded the whistleblower for “boldly stepping forward while still employed at the company.”  SEC

December 5, 2016

The SEC announced the award of approximately $3.5 million to a whistleblower who came forward with information that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.  The award brings the total awards under the program to approximately $135 million.  SEC

November 14, 2016

The SEC announced the award of more than $20 million to a whistleblower who “promptly came forward with valuable information that enabled the SEC to move quickly and initiate an enforcement action against wrongdoers before they could squander the money.”  The award is the third-highest since the SEC’s whistleblower program issued its first award in 2012.  SEC

Top-10 Whistleblower Successes for 2016

Posted  01/3/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 whistleblower award recoveries for 2016. 10. Harry Markopolos -- Famed Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos made a filing under the whistleblower provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) which led to the agreement by Massachusetts-based State Street Bank and Trust Company to pay a total...

December 28, 2016

Bay Sleep Clinic, its related businesses -- Qualium Corporation and Amerimed Corporation -- and their owners and operators, Anooshiravan Mostowfipour and Tara Nader, agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle allegations they fraudulently charged Medicare for diagnostic sleep tests and medical devices in violation of Medicare payment rules. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Elma F. Dresser under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. She will receive a whistleblower award of approximately $545,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (NDCA)

December 22, 2016

December 22, 2016 -- California-based Total Call Mobile, LLC agreed to pay $30 million for defrauding the Lifeline Program, a federal government subsidy program that offers discounted mobile phone services to eligible low-income consumers.  According to the government, Total Call and its co-defendant Locus Telecommunications, LLC, and their shared corporate parent KDDI America, Inc., knowingly submitted false claims for federal payments by seeking reimbursement for consumers who did not meet Lifeline eligibility requirements.  As part of the settlement, Total Call admitted and accepted responsibility for the alleged misconduct, including seeking reimbursement for tens of thousands of ineligible consumers.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  The whistleblower will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (SDNY)
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