Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 22, 2018

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Michigan home health agency owner pleads guilty to Medicare fraud — Atheir Amarrah, the owner of Prompt Care Home Health Services Inc., pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme involving Medicare claims for home health services that were procured through the payment of illegal kickbacks.  DOJ

Justices Turn Away Solvay FCA Off-Label Marketing Case — “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid to revisit a decision tossing a whistleblower’s False Claims Act case that had accused Solvay Pharmaceuticals of inducing false Medicaid claims through alleged off-label marketing and kickback schemes for three of its drugs.”  Law360

CFTC and state securities regulators sign information sharing agreement — “Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo and North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) President Joseph P. Borg today signed a mutual cooperation agreement to establish a closer working relationship between the federal commodity regulator and individual state securities agencies.”  CFTC