Whistleblower News From The Inside -- November 22, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Owner of Miami Home Health Agencies Sentenced in $74M Medicare Fraud Conspiracy—As part of the plea, the owner and operator of two defunct home health agencies admitted to fraudulently billing the Medicare program for home health care services, including diabetic injections, skilled nursing visits, physical therapy, and other treatments and services. The owner was sentenced to more than six years in prison. DOJ

Whistleblower Suit Alleges Florida Hospital Kickback Scheme—The suit, filed in March but unsealed Friday, alleges Naples Community Hospital Inc. defrauded Medicare and Medicaid of millions through a kickback scheme with physicians who referred patients. Click here to read the complaint.

Federal Judge Rejects Plea Deal with Novelion’s Aegerion—The order, issued Monday, rejected the deal as “not in the public interest.” The deal was part of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s recent agreement to pay $40.1 million to resolve the government’s investigation into its marketing of a cholesterol drug, saying it was “not in the public interest.” Reuters