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Oklahoma Hospice Provider Settles False Claims Act Case
According to the Justice Department, hospice providers Good Shepherd Hospice, Inc.; Good Shepherd Hospice of Mid America, Inc.; Good Shepherd Hospice Wichita, L.L.C.; Good Shepherd Hospice Springfield, L.L.C.; and Good Shepherd Hospice – Dallas, L.L.C. d/b/a Compassionate Care (collectively “Good Shepherd”) have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and… Read More »
Ageless Men’s Health, LLC Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Case
According to the Memphis Business Journal, Ageless Men’s Health, LLC, based in Tennessee, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. Ageless Men’s Health, LLC (“Ageless”) operates more than two dozen testosterone replacement therapy clinics across the Unites States. According to the Ageless website, it currently maintains clinics in Arizona,… Read More »
Community Health Systems Settles False Claims Act Case
According to the Justice Department, Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation based in Franklin, Tennessee and three of its affiliated hospitals in New Mexico (collectively “CHS”) have agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations first raised in 2005. The affiliated hospitals are Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, and… Read More »
Talking to Media Costs Whistleblowers $1.6 Million
According to the Daily Business Review, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg recently fined two whistleblowers $1.6 million for sending e-mails to two reporters in Atlanta about their pending False Claims Act case while it was under seal. The case at issue was filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act in… Read More »
Whistleblower’s Estate to Receive $23 Million
According to the South Florida Business Journal, a California judge has approved the $68.5 million settlement of a whistleblower’s case against Office Depot alleging violations of the California False Claims Act. Office supply giant Office Depot, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was named in a whistleblower’s lawsuit filed under the qui tam provision of… Read More »
Whistleblowers Claim Boca Raton Company Committed Fraud
According to the Palm Beach Post, three whistleblowers allege that Med-Care Diabetic & Medical Supplies, Inc. (“Med-Care”) committed Medicare fraud in violation of the False Claims Act. Med-Care is a durable medical equipment supply company based in Boca Raton, Florida. According to its website, Med-Care offers a ship-to-home service for various medical supplies including:… Read More »
Record Management Company Settles False Claims Act Case
The Justice Department announced that Iron Mountain Incorporated and Iron Mountain Information Management LLC (collectively “Iron Mountain”) has agreed to settle allegations by two whistleblowers in a qui tam lawsuit that it overcharged the government in violation of the False Claims Act. According to the Justice Department, the allegations concern General Services Administration contracts… Read More »
Research Foundation Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Case
According to the Department of Justice, the State University of New York’s Research Foundation (“Research Foundation”) has agreed to settle claims brought by five whistleblowers in a qui tam lawsuit filed in 2010 under the False Claims Act that it knowingly submitted false statements to the federal government. According to the Justice Department, the… Read More »
Defense Contractor Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Case
The Justice Department announced that defense contractors Supreme Foodservice GmbH, Supreme Foodservice FZE, and their subsidiaries (collectively “Supreme”) have agreed to settle criminal and civil allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that the Supreme entities violated the False Claims Act. According to the Department of Justice, the allegations involved contracts to… Read More »
OtisMed Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
According to the Justice Department, OtisMed Corporation (“OtisMed”) has agreed to pay over $80 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam suit that it and one of its former executives violated the False Claims Act and Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”). According to the Stryker Corporation’s… Read More »