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January 19, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawsuit in which Texas accused Johnson & Johnson of plundering the state Medicaid program by overstating the safety of an expensive anti-psychotic drug and improperly influencing officials and doctors to push the medication has been settled for $158 million, a subsidiary of the health care giant and state officials announced […]
Learn MoreJanuary 18, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Sandra Jimenez, […]
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January 08, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Department Sets Records for Recoveries in Health Care and War-Related Fraud Annual Recoveries in Whistle Blower Cases Reach All Time High WASHINGTON – The Justice Department secured more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the […]
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December 09, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
James Hoyer Communications Director and Investigative Producer Angie Moreschi was honored with two Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards on Saturday, December 3rd. It was an exciting evening that she shared with her family at the black tie gala in Ft. Lauderdale. The Emmys are for Angie’s health magazine program SMART HEALTH, which airs on WEDU-TV in […]
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September 30, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From NY Times By Kathleen Sharp The Obama administration announced a plan to cut $320 billion over 10 years from the projected growth of Medicare and Medicaid. The plan would raise premiums and deductibles, lower payments to hospitals and require elderly people who receive care at home to make co-payments. But before charging consumers more […]
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August 17, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
John Yanchunis, Jillian Estes, Jesse Hoyer James Hoyer Associates Jillian Estes and Jesse Hoyer successfully completed the 2011 Top Gun Triathlon at Fort DeSoto Park on July 30th. The triathlon included a .25 mile swim, completed by Estes, and a 3.1 miles run, completed by Hoyer. It was Estes 4th triathlon competition and Hoyer’s 1st. […]
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August 08, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From the Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 8, 2011 U.S. Files Complaint Against Education Management Corp. Alleging False Claims Act ViolationsWASHINGTON – The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit pending under the False Claims Act against Education Management Corp. (EDMC) and several […]
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August 08, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Al Scudieri, the Lead Investigator for the James Hoyer Law Firm, has been elected as the 2012 President of The Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inc Nearly 8,000 former FBI agents strong, the organization supports the FBI itself as well as former agents that have health or economic problems. […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Bay Area Sleep Associates LLC, dba SomnoMedics LLC, and its owner, Edward Killmer Jr., the Justice Department announced today. The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleges that the defendants violated the FCA by […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From DotMed.com: Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA), one of Brevard County, Florida’s largest physician groups, says it is in the process of settling with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding a False Claims suit, which alleges that MIMA had engaged in Medicare fraud. The original qui tam(whistleblower) suit was brought by the director of radiation oncology […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2011 | Posted By: Sean Estes
From Justice.gov: (HOUSTON) – HMS Diagnostics Inc. (HMSD Inc.), HMS Diagnostics LLC, (HMSD LLC), Health Management Services Inc. (HMS Inc.) and John Carl Goodman have paid more than $550,0000 in damages to settle alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. While not admitting liability, HMSD Inc., […]
Learn MoreNovember 23, 2010 | Posted By: Sean Estes
For fiscal 2010, which ended in September, such recoveries totaled $3 billion in civil judgments and settlements, the department said in a news release. About three-quarters of that amount resulted from so-called “qui tam” lawsuits brought by whistleblowers who are then entitled to between 15 percent and 30 percent of the money recovered. For fiscal […]
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