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June 27, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
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 […]
Learn MoreJune 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
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 […]
Learn MoreJune 26, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
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 […]
Learn MoreJune 20, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A durable medical equipment store owner who provided false documents to the United States Attorney’s Office during a civil False Claims Act investigation pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. James O’Connor, 64, from West Des Moines, Iowa, was convicted of one count of Making and Using False Documents, in violation of 18 […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Misr Sons Development S.A.E. (Hassan Allam Sons, “HAS”), a construction company with its principal place of business in Cairo, Egypt, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that HAS submitted false claims in connection with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, the Justice Department announced today. “Contractors who misrepresent their eligibility for government contracts […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A doctor and his chiropractor son admitted conspiring to defraud Medicare by using unqualified people to give physical therapy to Medicare recipients, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Robert Claude McGrath D.O., 65, and his son Robert Christopher McGrath, 47, both of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert […]
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June 13, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler recently told Congress that False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases continue to be the most effective means of combating fraud and protecting the federal fisc. In his testimony before the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial & Antitrust Law, Readler announced that since 1986, FCA cases have recovered […]
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May 31, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In this blog post we will briefly outline the major components of the SEC Whistleblower Program (“Program”) including the process of submitting a claim, notices of covered actions and their link to financial recovery, and finally the necessity to retain experienced counsel in order to protect your rights. SEC Whistleblower Program The Dodd-Frank Act (“Act”) […]
Learn MoreMay 31, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The James Hoyer law firm served as local counsel in a whistleblower case against Freedom Health, which provides managed care services. Freedom agreed to pay a total of $32.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in illegal schemes to maximize payments from the government for it’s Medicare Advantage plans. Here is the Department of […]
Learn MoreMay 17, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A high level whistleblower who worked for UnitedHealth Group says his company and other insurers have been bilking taxpayers by gaming the system to get higher payments. Benjamin Poehling, a former finance director with United Health, told the New York Times the insurers falsely make it appear that some seniors are sicker than they truly are […]
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