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U.S. Joins Whistleblowers’ Case Involving Spinal Implants
The Justice Department announced that the U.S. has intervened in a qui tam lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act and filed its own lawsuit alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute against physicians, a spinal implant company, and others. According to the government, the lawsuits name the following defendants:… Read More »
US Intervenes in False Claims Act Case Against Hospice Provider
The United States has partially intervened in two qui tam lawsuits by three whistleblowers alleging violations of the False Claims Act by Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care (“Evercare”) now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care. One of the qui tam lawsuits also names UnitedHealth Group, Inc., a parent company of Evercare. According to… Read More »
Health System Settles False Claims Act Case for $98.15 Million
Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”) has agreed to settle several whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuits that it violated the False Claims Act and the Stark Law. According to its website, CHS is one the nation’s largest operators of acute care hospitals. An acute care hospital is a short-term hospital that provides diagnosis, care and treatment… Read More »
US Intervenes in False Claims Case Against Military Contractors
The United States government has intervened in a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit alleging that military contractors Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (“Sikorsky”), Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (“Sikorsky Support”), and Derco Aerospace, Inc. (“Derco”) violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblower also alleged violations by the parent company of Sikorsky, United Technologies Corporation, but the federal government… Read More »
Supreme Court Will Hear Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the reinstatement of a whistleblower’s qui tam case against defense contractor KBR, Inc. alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the case in 2013 after concluding that the whistleblower had not blown the six-year statute of… Read More »
Florida Hospital Settles Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Suit
Baptist Health System, Inc. (“Baptist Health”) will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. According to its website, Baptist Health was founded in 1955, and is the only locally governed health system in the Jacksonville, Florida area…. Read More »
Medical Company Settles Whistleblower’s False Claims Act Case
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle a False Claims Act case brought by a whistleblower who claimed the company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute. Medtronic, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of the world’s largest medical technology companies. Medtronic was founded in 1949, has over 46,000 employees and operates in… Read More »
Home Health Providers Settle Whistleblowers’ Qui Tam Suits
Amedisys, Inc. and some of its affiliated entities (collectively “Amedisys”) have agreed to settle allegations made by whistleblowers in seven separate qui tam lawsuits that the companies violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Stark Law. According to the Justice Department, Amedisys has agreed to pay $150 million to settle all… Read More »