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OtterBox Settles Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Lawsuit
OtterBox , based in Fort Collins, Colorado, has agreed to settle allegations first made in a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit that the company violated the False Claims Act and the Tariff Act of 1930 in connection with its imported products. OtterBox is a well-known seller of protective cases for smartphones and tablets. According to… Read More »
Oklahoma Hospital Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Case
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma (“MCSO”) and its parent company, Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA”) have agreed to settle claims by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that they billed Medicaid for procedures that were either not medically necessary or were not performed in violation of the False Claims Act. MCSO is… Read More »
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Settles Qui Tam Case
California-based CRC Health Corp. (“CRC”) has agreed to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it submitted false claims to Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act. Specifically, the whistleblower claimed that CRC knowingly billed Medicaid for substance abuse treatment that was either not provided or for treatment that… Read More »
Hope Cancer Institute Agrees to Settle in Qui Tam Case
Hope Cancer Institute (“Hope”) and its owner Dr. Raj Sadasivan have agreed to settle allegations by three whistleblowers in a qui tam lawsuit that they violated the False Claims Act and committed fraud against the government when they submitted falsified claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Hope, located in Kansas City, Kansas, and Sadasivan have… Read More »
US Government Intervenes in Qui Tam Lawsuit
The Justice Department announced that the United States has intervened in two whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuit alleging that a durable medical equipment supplier, Orbit Medical Enterprises, Inc. (“Orbit Medical”) and its former vice president and sales manager, Jake Kilgore, violated the False Claims Act. According to its website, Orbit Medical based in Salt Lake… Read More »
New York Federal Judge Revives Qui Tam Lawsuit
A New York federal judge has ruled that the bankruptcy court erred when it allowed Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (“Hawker”) to discharge damages and penalties that could stem from a whistleblowers’ qui tam lawsuit alleging it violated the False Claims Act. In 2007, Donald Minge and David Kiehl, former employees of TECT Aerospace and TECT… Read More »
Construction Company Settles Qui Tam Allegations
Okland Construction headquartered in Utah has agreed to settle allegations made by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Section 8(a) Program for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses. The SBA’s Section 8(a) Program is a business development program designed to… Read More »
Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Lawsuit
Tenet Healthcare Corporation and several of its affiliates have agreed to settle allegations by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit that the entities violated the Stark Law, the Anti-kickback Statute, and the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with certain physicians. According to the Settlement Agreement, the Defendants Tenet Healthcare… Read More »
State Farm Ordered to Pay Whistleblowers
A federal judge in Gulfport, Mississippi has ordered State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (“State Farm”) to pay treble damages, as well as the two whistleblowers’ costs and attorneys’ fees, in a qui tam lawsuit after it was found to have violated the False Claims Act. In 2013, a federal jury found that State… Read More »
Pharmaceutical Companies Settles Whistleblower’s Lawsuit
Pennsylvania-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (“Teva USA”) and its subsidiary IVAX LLC, based in Florida, have agreed to settle allegations by the government that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. According to its website, Teva is the largest generic pharmaceutical company in the United States. Teva claims that 1 out… Read More »