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March 12, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have rejected a roughly $1 billion proposed settlement to resolve allegations that Johnson & Johnson promoted the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for unapproved uses, according to people familiar with the matter. J&J and the federal prosecutors in Philadelphia who had reached the tentative deal now must go back to the drawing board, because […]
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March 09, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Jillian Estes – Associate Congratulations to James Hoyer Law Firm Associate Jillian Estes. She is the winner of this year’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Young Lawyer Award in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Jillian successfully represented a father from Denmark in a parental abduction case involving his eight year old daughter. The child was […]
Learn MoreMarch 05, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
A former Pfizer oncology director has been given a green light by a federal judge to pursue a whistleblower lawsuit against the drugmaker over claims that allegedly ‘dirty data’ was being hidden from the FDA. And the judge struck down a Pfizer argument that the former employee, who claimed she lost her job over the […]
Learn MoreMarch 05, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against the Florida-based Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA), the Justice Department announced today. The suit was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi. The lawsuit alleges that TRDA made false statements to obtain federal grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]
Learn MoreFebruary 28, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
DALLAS DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ROLE IN NEARLY $375 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME Office Manager for Doctor and Five Owners of Dallas-Area Home Health Agencies Also Arrested WASHINGTON – A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to […]
Learn MoreFebruary 28, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – A former Los Angeles church pastor, who owned and operated several fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies with her husband, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for her role in a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Learn MoreFebruary 27, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was convicted today by a federal jury in Houston of health care fraud related to an “arthritis kit” fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. After a four-day trial, Michelle Turner, 44, of […]
Learn MoreFebruary 23, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
The settlement resolves various allegations under the U.S. False Claims Act including that Total entities reported processed gas as unprocessed to reduce the royalty payments and made improper deductions. Companies that lease federal and Indian lands to produce natural gas are required to pay royalties on what is extracted. The settlement follows a whistleblower lawsuit. […]
Learn MoreFebruary 22, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – The manager and operator of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human […]
Learn MoreFebruary 20, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Weighing the constitutionality of civil penalties under the False Claims Act, a federal judge in Alexandria has refused to impose a minimum $50.2 million fine against an international moving and shipping company for its fraudulent conduct. The judge, Anthony Trenga of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, called the statutorily required fine […]
Learn MoreFebruary 15, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
WASHINGTON – Two Houston-area nurses and two of their co-conspirators have been sentenced in Houston for their participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS). Mary Ellis, 56, a registered nurse, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison […]
Learn MoreFebruary 14, 2012 | Posted By: Sean Estes
Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. This is the highest annual amount ever recovered from individuals and […]
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