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February 10, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In 2013, False Claims Act recoveries reached record levels, drawing in more than $3.8 billion in settlements and judgments. A staggering amount of that recovery – more than $2 billion – came from a little known aspect of healthcare fraud called “off-label marketing.” The massive settlements related to off-label marketing make one thing clear: familiarity […]
Learn MoreFebruary 10, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sanborn Map Company Inc. has agreed to pay $2.1 million to the U.S. government to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with U. S. Army Corps of Engineers contracts, the Justice Department announced today. Sanborn, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., provides photogrammetric mapping and geographic information system services. “We are committed to […]
Learn MoreFebruary 07, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
CBS News examined a recently unsealed whistleblower case in which members of the military were targeted for their Tuition Assistance dollars. The lawsuit outlines a scheme to get service members to sign up for online certificate courses which were not eligible for the government money. Click on the video above to watch the CBS report […]
Learn MoreFebruary 05, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice today announced that JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) will pay $614 million for violating the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting non-compliant mortgage loans submitted for insurance coverage and guarantees by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). JPMC […]
Learn MoreJanuary 30, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Saint Joseph Health System Inc. has agreed to pay $16.5 million to resolve allegations that Saint Joseph Hospital violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for a variety of medically unnecessary cardiac procedures, the Justice Department announced today. Saint Joseph Health System operates numerous hospitals statewide, […]
Learn MoreJanuary 23, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Justice Department announced today that General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GE Hitachi) has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims to the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concerning an advanced nuclear reactor design. GE Hitachi, […]
Learn MoreJanuary 22, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Based on allegations of fraud first raised in Augusta, the federal government has sued a company that specializes in moving the belongings of military men and women after two former employees said the business inflated relocation costs and overbilled the Department of Defense. If the government should prevail at trial and win treble damages possible […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
KIMBERLY • Federal prosecutors say a local meal delivery service bilked Medicaid out of nearly $900,000. Homestyle Direct, based in Kimberly, illegally billed Medicaid for $888,152, delivered meals to deceased clients, lied to clients about Medicaid requirements, and continued to deliver meals to clients who used Medicaid even when they were hospitalized, prosecutors say. The […]
Learn MoreJanuary 10, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York – News Release: Suit Alleges Novartis Orchestrated a Kickback Scheme with Bioscrip, Inc., by Referring New Patients and Giving Rebates to BioScrip in Return for Bioscrip Increasing Refills of Exjade Prescriptions Through Biased Recommendations to Patients, Which Emphasized the Benefits of Refills While Understating Exjade’s Serious, Potentially […]
Learn MoreJanuary 07, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Eighty retired New York City police officers and firefighters were charged on Tuesday in one of the largest Social Security disability frauds ever, a sprawling decades-long scheme in which false mental disability claims by as many as 1,000 people cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to court papers. Scores of those charged in […]
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January 02, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Photo: Larry Wiezycki, Polyphonic Image Happy New Year from the qui tam team at James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich! We’re excited for a busy and productive 2014, and wish the same to our readers. As we leave 2013 in the history books, we are pleased to note that it was a “banner year” for False […]
Learn MoreJanuary 02, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
St. James Healthcare (St. James), a hospital located in Butte, Mont., and its parent company, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (Sisters of Charity), a health care organization based in Denver, Colo., have agreed to pay $3.85 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law and the False Claims […]
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