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U.S. Recovers More Than $12 Million In False Claims Act Settlements For Kickback Scheme

August 22, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced that Sightpath Medical, Inc. (n/k/a Sightpath Medical, LLC) (“Sightpath”), TLC Vision Corporation (n/k/a TLC Vision (USA, LLC)) (“TLC”) (collectively the “Sightpath Entities”) and their former CEO, JAMES TIFFANY, have agreed to pay more than $12 million to the United States to resolve kickback allegations under the […]

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Mylan Agrees to Pay $465 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Underpaying EpiPen Rebates

August 18, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Pharmaceutical companies Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. have agreed to pay $465 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly misclassifying EpiPen as a generic drug to avoid paying rebates owed primarily to Medicaid, the Justice Department announced today. Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. are both wholly owned […]

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Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $9.2 Million to Settle False Billing Allegations

August 16, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII), a publicly traded company headquartered in Newport, Virginia, has agreed to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Under the settlement, HII will make […]

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Owner of Home Health Agency Sentenced to 75 Years in Prison for Involvement in $13 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

August 16, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The owner and director of nursing of a Houston home health agency was sentenced today to 75 years in prison for her role in a $13 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez of the Southern District of Texas, Special […]

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Registered Nurse Who Owned Two Houston Home Health Companies Convicted in $20 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 16, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A federal jury today convicted a registered nurse who was the owner of two home health companies in Houston for her role in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez of […]

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Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

August 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Virginia Beach, Virginia-based contractor ADS Inc. and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay the United States $16 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly conspiring with and causing purported small businesses to submit false claims for payment in connection with fraudulently obtained small business contracts, the Department of Justice announced […]

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Academy Medical, LLC and its owners pay $335,000 to resolve False Claims Act liability

August 11, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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West Palm Beach, Florida-based government contractor Academy Medical, LLC (Academy) and its owners, Edward D. Desser and Daniel M. Shaw, have agreed to pay $335,000 to resolve allegations that they took advantage of federal contracting opportunities reserved for certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.  During the time […]

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Whistleblower Attorney Jesse Hoyer Interviewed about For-profit College Rule Rollback

July 13, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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James Hoyer Partner Jesse Hoyer ABC Action News interviewed James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer about the recent rollback in federal rules to protect for-profit college students and taxpayers. As lead attorney on several whistleblower cases against for-profits over the past 10 years, Hoyer is an expert on for-profits and knows well their tactics to take advantage […]

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Detroit Area Medical Biller Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Her Role in a $7.3 Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme

June 30, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A Detroit-area medical biller was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for her role in a $7.3 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme involving medical services that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid but not rendered as billed. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney […]

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Physician and Wife to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

June 27, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Dr. Anindya Sen and Patricia Posey Sen will pay $1.208 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that their medical practice billed Medicare and Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) for anticancer and infusion drugs that were produced for sale in foreign countries and not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for […]

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Orlando Doctor and Infusion Clinic Owner Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud

June 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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An Orlando medical doctor and an infusion clinic owner were sentenced to 64 months in prison and two years supervised release, and 90 months and two years supervised release, respectively, today for their roles in a $13.7 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that involved submitting claims for expensive infusion-therapy drugs that were never purchased, never provided […]

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Cardiac Monitoring Companies and Executive Agree to Pay $13.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

June 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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AMI Monitoring Inc. aka Spectocor, its owner, Joseph Bogdan, Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC, and Medicalgorithmics SA, the current majority owner of Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for higher and more expensive levels of cardiac monitoring services than requested by the ordering […]

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