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Tennessee Cardiologist Settles Whistleblower’s Lawsuit
Elie Korban, a Tennessee cardiologist has agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who alleged Korban violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblower alleged that Korban performed unnecessary cardiac procedures on Medicare and Medicaid patients. According to the Justice Department, Korban owns Delta Clinic with locations in Jackson, Tennessee and… Read More »
Baptist Health Systems Settles Qui Tam Lawsuit
Baptist Health Systems (“Baptist”) has agreed to pay $3.67 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit by a whistleblower who claimed it had submitted false claims to Medicare in violation of the federal False Claims Act. Baptist is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and includes 5 hospitals: Baptist Medical Center, Mission Trail Baptist Hospital,… Read More »
Government Joins Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Lawsuit Against Hospitalist Company Alleging False Claims Act Violations
The Justice Department has joined a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit against IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (“IPC”), and its subsidiaries, alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act. The federal False Claims Act permits the federal government to intervene in qui tam lawsuits filed by whistleblowers who allege violations of the False Claims Act…. Read More »
Government Joins Whistleblower’s Qui Tam Lawsuit Against Construction Company Alleging False Claims Act Violations
The federal government has filed a complaint in two consolidated qui tam lawsuits filed by four whistleblowers against Ohio-based construction company TAB Construction, Inc. (“TAB”) and its owner William Richardson III (“Richardson”). The government alleges that TAB and Richardson violated the False Claims Act when TAB applied for and obtained certification as a Historically… Read More »
Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment on Stark Law Violations but Denies it on False Claims Act Claims in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case Against Halifax Hospital
A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment on claims alleging Stark Law violations in a qui tam case brought by a whistleblower against Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing, Inc. The court denied summary judgment as to the amount of the damages caused by the Stark Law violations and denied it as… Read More »
Caremark to Pay $4.25 to Settle Whistleblower Claim Filed Under the Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act
Caremark LLC, operated by CVS Caremark Corp., has agreed to settle a whistleblower claim filed under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act. Caremark is one of the largest pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) companies in the U.S. CVS is one of the largest retail pharmacies in the country. A PBM is… Read More »
Nursing Home Operator Will Pay $48 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations in Qui Tam Cases Filed by Whistleblowers
California-based The Ensign Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $48 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The allegations were made in two separate qui tam lawsuits originally brought by whistleblowers in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The two whistle blowers, Gloria Patterson and… Read More »
CA Technologies Agrees to Settle Whistleblower Qui Tam Lawsuit
CA Technologies has agreed to pay $11 million to settle allegations first made by a whistleblower under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. According to CA Technologies’ website, it is an IT management software and solutions company with approximately 14,000 employees that has generated $4.643 billion in revenue in 2013. The… Read More »
U.S. Court of Appeals Dismisses Qui Tam Suit Because of Whistleblower Lawyer’s Breach of Client Confidentiality
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has dismissed a qui tam lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics, Inc. and Unilab Corporation. The whistleblower litigation was initiated by three former employees of Unilab, including its former general counsel, Mark Bibi. In Fair Lab. Practices Assocs. v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 2013 BL 295703, 2d Cir.,… Read More »
Consumers Energy Co. the Target of $4 Billion Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit
Michigan-based utility company, Consumers Energy Co. (“CEC”), is the subject of a recently unsealed whistleblower action. A former CEC employee, Simeon Anderson, filed a qui tam lawsuit alleging that CEC committed fraud on its customers, the federal government, and the state of Michigan by more than $4 billion. According to the complaint, CEC created… Read More »