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October 15, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer Media Team – Angie Moreschi and Larry Wiezycki Congratulations to our media team members Angie Moreschi and Larry Wiezycki. Both have been nominated for Emmys in the 38th annual Suncoast Emmy Awards. Larry’s nomination is for his work on the highly acclaimed PBS documentary JFK in Tampa: The 50th Anniversary. Angie received two […]
Learn MoreOctober 03, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A federal jury in Detroit late yesterday convicted the operator of an adult day care center and two individuals who owned and operated a network of home health care companies for their participation in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara […]
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September 29, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Attorney General Eric Holder On Thursday, September 25, the United States Department of Justice announced that Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States of America, would be resigning as soon as a successor was confirmed. Holder has been the Attorney General since 2009, when he took over the Department of Justice’s top position […]
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September 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Delery On Tuesday, September 16th, Stuart F. Delery officially stepped into the Number 3 position at the Department of Justice as he formally became the Associate Attorney General of the United States. Since 2012, Delery has strongly advocated for the False Claims Act in his role as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. […]
Learn MoreSeptember 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Thank you, for that kind introduction. And thanks to everyone at Taxpayers Against Fraud for inviting me to speak to you today. It has been my privilege, over the past several months, to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. The Criminal Division handles a wide range of […]
Learn MoreSeptember 17, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Detroit-area hematologist-oncologist pleaded guilty today for his role in a health care fraud scheme, admitting that he administered unnecessary chemotherapy to fraudulently bill the Medicare program and private insurance companies. According to court records, the scheme enabled the doctor to submit approximately $225 million in claims to Medicare over six years. Assistant Attorney […]
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September 16, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Partners Elaine Stromgren, Jillian Estes, and Jesse Hoyer are at the 14th Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud (TAF) conference in D.C. this week. TAF is a nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to combating fraud against the government and protecting public resources through public-private partnerships. TAF members work to maintain the integrity and advance the effectiveness of […]
Learn MoreSeptember 16, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Episcopal Ministries to the Aging Inc. (EMA), a Maryland not-for-profit corporation that owns skilled nursing facilities, has agreed to pay $1.3 million to the government for submitting false claims to Medicare for unreasonable or unnecessary rehabilitation therapy purportedly provided by RehabCare Group East Inc., a subsidiary of Kindred Healthcare Inc. “Patient need must dictate the […]
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September 05, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The public disclosure bar can be a major factor in a qui tam action brought under a False Claims Act. The bar seeks to prevent lawsuits by “opportunistic plaintiffs who have no significant information to contribute of their own.” Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. U.S. ex rel. Wilson, 559 U.S. 280, 294 […]
Learn MoreAugust 26, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Louisiana psychiatrist was sentenced in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, today to serve 86 months in prison for his role in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric services. He was further ordered to pay $43.5 million in restitution and to forfeit all proceeds from the fraudulent scheme. Assistant […]
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August 20, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Peggy Ryan A James Hoyer case tops the list of the 10 largest False Claims, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback settlements of 2014, as compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. Endo Pharmaceuticals $193-million settlement with the federal government for off-label marketing of its Lidoderm pain patch comes in at number one. James Hoyer client Peggy Ryan is […]
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August 19, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The IRS recently expanded awards given to relators under the IRS whistleblower program; thereby encouraging more taxpayers to come forward to report wrongdoing. The online version of the regulations are available here. Historically, the whistleblower could share in a case’s “collected proceeds,” which was defined to include a wide variety of monies actually received by the […]
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