DOJ Announces $1.3 Billion Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action
The Department of Justice has announced that charges have been filed against 412 defendants, across 41 districts, to recoup approximately $1.3 billion in false billings to…
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Nationwide Study of OIG Home Health Fraud Cases Reveals Hotspots
Home health care has long been seen as a program area vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse with physicians playing a central role. The Medicare…
Read More »Walgreen Accepts Responsibility for $50 Million Kickback Case
The United States Attorney for New York, Preet Bharara announced a settlement of $50 million against Walgreen Co. (“Walgreens”), the national retail drug chain which…
Read More »Update on Pharmaceutical Company Insys Kickback Investigation
On June 25, 2015, the New York Times reported that Heather Alfonso, a Connecticut advanced practice registered nurse, had pled guilty to federal charges of…
Read More »Government Uncovers TRICARE $100M Compounding Fraud Scheme
Recently, twelve defendants including doctors, pharmacy owners and marketers were charged in a $100 million TRICARE compounding fraud scheme according to John Parker, U.S. Attorney…
Read More »Lab Fraud: Will a $256 Million Settlement Stop It?
In fiscal year 2016, Millennium Health (formerly Millennium Laboratories), agreed to pay the Government $256 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act. …
Read More »Kickbacks Crackdown Worldwide: Will Pharma Finally Get the Message?
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that six employees of Novartis have been indicted in South Korea amidst allegations that the company paid $2.3 million…
Read More »Pharma Kickbacks to Physicians Could Trigger False Claims Act Conspiracy Liability
For years, courts have muddied the judicial waters when it comes to the appropriate pleading standards for False Claims Act complaints. Most of this confusion…
Read More »Post-Market Research Fraud
Recently, Medtronic paid the government over $23.5 million to quiet allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using physician payments related to post-market…
Read More »Novartis to Pay Government $390 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Pharmacies
According to recent SEC filings, Novartis AG has agreed to pay the federal government $390 million to settle an intervened False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam…
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