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Two Patient Recruiters Sentenced in Miami for Roles in $50 Million Medicare Fraud

November 19, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON—Two former patient recruiters for Miami-based mental health clinic Biscayne Milieu Health Care Inc. were sentenced today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. […]

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Congress approves stronger whistleblower protections

November 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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With a Senate vote Tuesday, Congress gave final approval to legislation strengthening protections for federal whistleblowers. The measure, which advocates have been pushing for more than a decade, now goes to President Obama for his signature. The legislation is designed to protect employees who expose government wrongdoing from retaliation by supervisors. The Office of Special […]

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Medicare paid $1.5 billion in improper therapy claims in 2009

November 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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By Chad TerhuneNovember 13, 2012, 10:48 a.m.  Medicare paid $1.5 billion in improper claims for skilled nursing care in 2009, federal investigators found. The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that 25% of all Medicare claims submitted by skilled nursing facilities had errors and the majority of those bills were “upcoded” for […]

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Freeman Health a Missouri Hospital System Agrees to Pay $9.3 Million to Resolve Qui Tam and Stark Law Violations

November 05, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Freeman Health System, a healthcare provider and hospital system located in Joplin, Mo., has agreed to pay $9,316,139 to resolve allegations that it violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by knowingly providing incentive pay to physicians in a manner that violated federal law, the Justice Department announced today. The Stark Law forbids […]

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Successful Finish at Marine Corps Marathon

November 02, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Sean Estes, Jesse Hoyer & Ian MacAlister after the race. James Hoyer Associates Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes, along with another Tampa attorney Ian MacAlister, were among more than 23,000 runners who finished this year’s Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia.  It was the largest participation for the event in its 37 year history. Jesse, […]

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United States Sues Virginia Contractor,Triple Canopy, for Using Unqualified Security Guards in Iraq

November 01, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The United States has filed a complaint against a Virginia-based contractor alleging that the company submitted false claims for unqualified security guards under a contract to provide security in Iraq, the Justice Department announced today. The company, Triple Canopy Inc. is headquartered in Reston, Va.  In June 2009, the Joint Contracting Command in Iraq/Afghanistan (JCC-I/A) […]

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Medicare fraud busters unveil command center

October 31, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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BALTIMORE — Medicare‘s war on fraud is going high-tech with the opening of a $3.6 million command center that features a giant screen and the latest computer and communications gear. That’s raising expectations, as well as some misgivings. The carpeting stills smells new at the facility, which went live a week ago in a nondescript commercial office […]

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Detroit Area Physician, Home Health Agency Owner and Patient Recruiter Convicted in $14.5 Million Medicare Fraud

October 29, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Detroit today convicted a physician, a home health agency owner and a patient recruiter for their participation in a $14.5 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan; Robert […]

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Boehringer Ingelheim to Pay $95 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

October 26, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Government Alleges Company Improperly Marketed Three Drugs Connecticut-based Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to resolve allegations relating to the improper promotion of the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drugs Atrovent and Combivent, and the hypertension drug Micardis, the Justice Department announced today. The Food and Drug […]

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U.S. Files False Claims Act Action Against Bank Of America

October 24, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp., alleging the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets saddled taxpayers with losses by misrepresenting the quality of home loans it sold to the mortgage investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The action, filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, seeks at least $1 billion […]

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Weill Cornell Medical College Defrauded Government, University Pays $1.6 Million

October 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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After being found by a federal court to have misused funding intended for HIV/AIDS research, Weill Cornell Medical College paid the government and a whistleblower about $1.6 million on Friday, according to an attorney for the lawsuit’s plaintiff. In 2003, former Cornell research fellow Dr. Daniel Feldman alleged in a formal complaint that WCMC researchers spent […]

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Magistrate Judge Recommends Case Against EDMC Move Forward

October 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Positive news for a whistleblower represented by the James Hoyer Law Firm in a case against Education Management Corporation (EDMC), the 2nd largest for-profit college provider in the country. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, recommends that the case move forward on several key counts. […]

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