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April 27, 2016

Los Angeles-based upscale furniture seller Z Gallerie LLC agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act through a scheme to evade customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from China.  According to the government, Z Gallerie evaded antidumping duties by misclassifying, or conspiring with others to misclassify, the imported furniture as pieces intended for non-bedroom use.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Kelly Wells, an e-commerce retailer of furniture.  She will receive a whistleblower award of $2.4 million from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, FCA Federal, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 27, 2016

Bering Straits Technical Services and its parent company Bering Straits Native Corporation agreed to pay $2 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act through their submission of false claims to the Department of Defense and/or the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for maintenance facility services provided at the Red River Army Depot located near Texarkana.  Specifically, the government charged the companies submitted false preventative maintenance reports for maintenance that was not performed and false repair work orders.  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)

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 18, 2016

Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System and one of its surgical oncologists, Dr. Eugene Chang, agreed to pay $400,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for non-covered breast examinations and ultrasounds.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Bon Secours practice manager and a former colleague of Dr. Chang under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  They will receive a whistleblower award of $108,000 out of the proceeds of the government’s recovery.  Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Medical Billing Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 18, 2016

California-based sportswear importer Winds Enterprises, Inc. agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by underpaying on import duties on shipments from 2010 to 2014.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Winds Enterprises employee, who will receive whistleblower award of $300,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (WDWA)

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, FCA Federal, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 14, 2016

Boston Medical Center (BMC) and two of its physician practice organizations agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid.  Specifically, the government charged that (1) BMC billed Medicare for more units of Rituxan, an expensive cancer drug, than BMC actually infused in its patients; (2) BMC billed Medicare and Medicaid for services at its pre-surgical treatment center even though the global fee for the subsequent surgeries covered those same treatments; and (3) BMC submitted claims to Medicare for outpatient podiatry services where the clinical documentation did not support the reasonableness and necessity of the services.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by BMC’s former Chief Compliance Officer, Kathleen Heffernan.  She will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (DMA)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Hospital Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 13, 2016

Florida Pain Medicine Associates, Inc. and its owners, Drs. Bart Gatz, Alexis Renta, and Albert Rodriguez, agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary nerve conduction studies.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Rosa Gomez, who had worked in Florida Pain Medicine’s billing department.  She will receive a whistleblower award of $242,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (SDFL)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Laboratory and IDTF, Lack of Medical Necessity, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 11, 2016

Tennessee-based drug urine screening company PremierTox 2.0, Inc. (previously called Nexus) agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims when billing Medicare, TennCare and Kentucky Medicaid for drug urine screening services.  According to the government, PremierTox had a swapping arrangement under which Nexus gave below cost discounts on its urine drug screen tests to patients in Tennessee without insurance, in exchange for physicians’ referring their patients with Medicare or TennCare coverage to Nexus. The government also contended that in Tennessee Nexus submitted excessive claims to Medicare and TennCare for laboratory testing that was beyond what was medically reasonable and necessary.  The allegations originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former office manager of a pain clinic and the former CEO of PremierTox.  The office manager will receive a whistleblower award of $361,250, and the former CEO will receive a whistleblower award of $56,250.  DOJ (MDTN)

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Laboratory and IDTF, Lack of Medical Necessity, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 27, 2016

Michigan and 34 other states reached an agreement in principle to settle allegations against Wyeth, a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. The settlement will resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for the sales, Protonix Oral and Protonix IV between 2001 and 2006. Both are drugs that are used to treat conditions such as acid reflux. Under the settlement Wyeth agreed to pay $784.6 million to the United States and the States. Over $371 million of this amount will go to the Medicaid Program. The settlement stems from two whistleblower lawsuits which were filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The United States, 35 states (including Michigan) and the District of Columbia intervened in the lawsuits. NY, NJ, MI, WA

Tagged in: Drug and DME Pricing, FCA State, Medicaid, Multiple Whistleblowers and First-to-File, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 28, 2016

Tennessee-based defense contractor Kilgore Flares Company and one of its subcontractors, New York-based ESM Group Inc., agreed to pay $8 million to resolve charges they violated the False Claims Act by selling defective and illegally imported infrared countermeasure flares to the U.S. Army and, for ESM, knowingly evading U.S. customs duties.  The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Reade Manufacturing Company, a domestic manufacturer of magnesium powder which is used in the flares.  The company will receive a whistleblower award of $400,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery from ESM.  Whistleblower Insider  

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

March 23, 2016

Pennsylvania-based Respironics Inc. agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by paying kickbacks in the form of free call center services to durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers that bought its masks for patients with sleep apnea.  Respironics allegedly provided DME companies with call center services to meet their patients’ resupply needs at no charge as long as the patients were using masks that Respironics manufactured; otherwise, the DME companies would have to pay a monthly fee based on the number of patients who used masks manufactured by a competitor of Respironics.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Dr. Gibran Ameer, who has worked for different DME companies.  He will receive a whistleblower award of $5.38 million from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Laboratory and IDTF, Medical Devices and DME, Other Government Health Programs, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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