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August 19, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Jesse Hoyer – Partner ABC Action News in Tampa continued its multi-year investigation of for-profit colleges with another powerful report on this troubled industry. This time the report focused on Everest University, which is closing down or selling off it’s campuses and online programs around the country. The action comes after a Department of Education […]
Learn MoreAugust 11, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that it improperly set temperature monitors used in shipping vaccines under its contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Justice Department announced today. McKesson is a pharmaceutical distributor with corporate headquarters in San Francisco. “Companies must comply with the requirements […]
Learn MoreAugust 08, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A CEO of an Atlanta-area hospital and the co-owner and chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based medical clinic chain pleaded guilty in connection with the payment of illegal kickbacks to clinics in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals to hospitals in the Atlanta area and on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General […]
Learn MoreAugust 06, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
You’ve suspected fraud at your workplace. You’ve gathered evidence that confirm your suspicions. You’ve researched the False Claims Act (“FCA”). You think you qualify to be a whistleblower and now you’re ready to file a qui tam complaint. In fact, you’re so prepared that you’re thinking maybe you don’t even need an attorney. After all, […]
Learn MoreAugust 05, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Justice Department announced that Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve multiple lawsuits alleging that the company knowingly billed government health care programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or observation services. The settlement also resolves […]
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July 24, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a small feature on the False Claims Act. The article answers some basic questions about the FCA, but more importantly than that, it provides much needed exposure to an important tool for recovering taxpayer’s money — money that would otherwise be lost to fraud.As the article notes, the number […]
Learn MoreJuly 22, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
After five years, a fiercely fought legal battle that cost Halifax Health more than $110 million in settlement and legal costs is drawing to a close. The James Hoyer law firm is local counsel in the Halifax case. The Halifax Health Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to settle remaining claims in a whistleblower lawsuit […]
Learn MoreJuly 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Justice Department, along with federal and state partners, today announced a $7 billion settlement with Citigroup Inc. to resolve federal and state civil claims related to Citigroup’s conduct in the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) prior to Jan. 1, 2009. The resolution includes a $4 billion civil penalty […]
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July 11, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Partner Jesse Hoyer after running the Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa. James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer was profiled as the featured athlete on the Little Things for Cancer marathon team, this week. Little Things for Cancer raises money to help cancer patients being treated at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, the Lahey Medical Center in […]
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July 09, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
One case we’ll be watching next term is whether the Supreme Court takes the appeal of Gosselin World Wide Moving, N.V. v. U.S. ex rel Bunk. The complicated fact pattern laid out in the Fourth Circuit’s opinion tells the tale of the defendant moving company colluding with its industry peers to artificially inflate the packing […]
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July 09, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James, Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich is pleased to announce that attorney Chris Casper has been named managing partner and attorneys Jillian Estes, Sean Estes, Jesse Hoyer, and Sean Keefe have been named partners. James Hoyer is an investigative law firm with an emphasis on False Claims Act whistleblower cases. Chris Casper – Managing Partner Chris […]
Learn MoreJuly 01, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari today in Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, a False Claims Act case addressing two issues: the proper statute of limitations under the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (“WSLA”), and the application of the first-to-file bar once an earlier case is no […]
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