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Nearly 78,000 Service Members to Begin to Begin Receiving $60 Million Under Department of Justice Settlement with Navient for Overcharging on Student Loans

June 02, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The Department of Justice announced today that this June, 77,795 service members will begin receiving $60 million in compensation for having been charged excess interest on their student loans by Navient Corp., the student loan servicer formerly part of Sallie Mae.  The payments are required by a settlement that the department reached with Navient last […]

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Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. Agrees to Pay $3.6 Million for Allegedly Submitting False Claims to Federal Health Care Programs

June 02, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. (Garden State), a cardiology practice which owns and operates several facilities in New Jersey under the name NJ MedCare/NJ Heart, has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million to resolve allegations that its facilities falsely billed federal health care programs for tests that were not medically necessary, announced today by […]

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Supreme Court Supports Narrow Interpretation of First-to-File Bar; Rejects Wartime Statute of Limitations

June 01, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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In a rare unanimous decision last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion to False Claims Act (FCA) relator Benjamin Carter in the case of Kellogg, Brown & Root, Inc., et al v. U.S. ex rel. Carter, 575 U.S. ___ (2015). Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the undivided Court. As we’ve written about […]

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Expert: Fraud Leads to Poor Quality Healthcare

May 06, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Photo by HFMA.org Harvard professor and healthcare expert Atul Gawande recently noted that the unnecessary medical care endangers patients and robs the taxpayers.  In a recent article published in The New Yorker, Gawande cited fraud as a significant contributor to what leading researchers describe as “low-value care.”  Gawande, a general surgeon, notes that ‘[d]octors get […]

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$500 Million Settlement in DaVita Whistleblower Case

May 05, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The Denver Post reports DaVita HealthCare Partners said Monday it will pay up to $495 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit accusing the Denver company of defrauding the federal Medicare program of millions of dollars. The company, which said it does not admit any wrongdoing, has now settled its third whistle-blower lawsuit since 2012, with […]

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Family Reacts to Whistleblower Suit against IU Health

May 04, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Dr. Judith Robinson The NBC affiliate in Indianapolis continued its coverage of a whistleblower case filed by James Hoyer law firm client Dr. Judith Robinson.  In a powerful report, WTHR TV Investigative Reporter Sandra Chapman interviewed the mother of a maternity patient who died during childbirth at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Dr. Robinson is a […]

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False Claims Act coming soon to Vermont

May 01, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin will soon have the opportunity to sign into law the state’s first False Claims Act.  The House voted Wednesday to approve the Senate version of H.120, which is modeled after the federal law. This is an important step for taxpayers in Vermont who will finally have a vehicle with which to […]

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Miami Herald Exposes Shady For-Profit College Business Practices

April 27, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Jesse Hoyer – Partner James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer was interviewed for this in-depth expose` on for-profit colleges in Florida.  Hoyer’s expertise in the for-profit college arena is extensive, having represented multiple for-profit college whistleblowers who’ve come forward to report fraud against the government. The Miami Herald spent a year investigating for-profit colleges, interviewing dozens […]

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Lynch Expected To Be Confirmed Today

April 23, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Photo Credit: www.justice.gov After five months, Loretta Lynch is one vote away from confirmation. The Senate voted 66-34 to move to a final vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next United States Attorney General and first African-American female to fill the position. Lynch’s confirmation was originally expected to be a smooth process given her […]

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Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas Agrees to Pay United States $21.75 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

April 22, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Citizens Medical Center, a county-owned hospital in Victoria, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $21,750,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today. “The Department of Justice has longstanding concerns about improper financial relationships between health care […]

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