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Saint Joseph Health System Inc. of Kentucky Agrees to Pay Government $16.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 30, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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, […]

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General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Agrees to Pay $2.7 M for Alleged False Claims Related to Design of Advanced Nuclear Reactor

January 23, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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, […]

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Government Sues Company Contracted to Move Belongings of Deployed Military

January 22, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Frozen Meal Delivery Company Illegally Billed Medicaid $900,000, Suit Says

January 13, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Files Healthcare Fraud Claims against Novartis Pharma & Settles Suit against BioScrip

January 10, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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80 From N.Y. Police and Fire Forces Are Charged in Social Security Fraud

January 07, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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United States Recovered $3.8 Billion From FCA Cases in 2013

January 02, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Colorado Health Care Organization and One of ItsSt. James Healthcare, a Montana Hospital, to Pay $3.85 Million for Allegedly Providing Financial Benefits to Referring Physicians & Physician Groups

January 02, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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Sharon Iglehart, a Houston Doctor, Indicted for Her Alleged Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

December 18, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. […]

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Ruben Busquets, of Miami, Pleads Guilty to $63M Health Care Fraud

December 16, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A former licensed mental health counselor at the defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) pleaded guilty today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for his role in a $63 million health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern […]

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