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August 21, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2012 — A whistleblower who helped the Securities and Exchange Commission stop a multi-million dollar fraud will receive nearly $50,000 — the first payout from a new SEC program to reward people who provide evidence of securities fraud. The award represents 30 percent of the amount collected in an SEC enforcement action […]
Learn MoreAugust 20, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
overnment has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Maple Grove-based Vascular Solutions alleging that the company improperly promoted a medical device for uses not specified on the product label. The whistleblower lawsuit claims that the alleged “off-label” promotion and other activities resulted in $20 million in damages to the federal government, according to the regulatory filing […]
Learn MoreAugust 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Testifying recently before a Senate panel, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hailed progress in “repairing and reforming” the financial sector since the passage of the Wall Street reform act two years ago. Geithner’s sunny take sits awkwardly with the recent news that large international banks conspired to “fix” the LIBOR, the interbank loan rate, and that a […]
Learn MoreAugust 14, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – A Miami-area patient broker was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for recruiting Medicare beneficiaries as part of a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services announced. Jean-Luc Veraguas, 51, of Plantation, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederico A. Moreno […]
Learn MoreAugust 09, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A whistle-blower lawsuit based on insider information from a former Florida HospitalOrlando billing employee and a staff physician alleges that seven Adventist Health hospitals in Central Florida have overbilled the federal government for tens of millions of dollars in false or padded medical claims. The suit claims Florida Hospital used improper coding for more than a decade to […]
Learn MoreAugust 03, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The nation’s top health care inspector is calling for aMedicare moratorium on new home health care agencies in Texas, where the largest number of companies are filing dubious claims, according to a report obtained by the Houston Chronicle. Nearly 40 percent of all home health care agencies or HHAs with suspicious billings came from Texas, according to […]
Learn MoreAugust 02, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A whistleblower case against Adventist Health Systems/Sunbelt for over-billing Medicare and Medicaid and Tricare survived an important step in the legal system. On July 30th, a Florida federal judge refused to toss the False Claims Act case filed by the James Hoyer Law Firm. Judge Antoon refused to dismiss the case, saying that the relators […]
Learn MoreJuly 31, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – Two former high-ranking employees of facilities operations at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud NYPH, the Department of Justice announced. Former vice president of facilities operations, Santo Saglimbeni, and former director of facilities operations, Emilio “Tony” Figueroa, were charged in a four-count […]
Learn MoreJuly 27, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The manager of a Detroit-area health care clinic was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison for his leading role in a $7.42 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Miami-area resident Alejandro Haber, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan in the Eastern […]
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July 26, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Pictured: Chris Hoyer, “Tony” Cabassa, Joan Boles, Tom DiFiore Tampa, FL – A Cy Pres Award from the James Hoyer Law Firm will make it possible for Bay Area Legal Services to continue helping low income homeowners facing foreclosure. The nearly $40,000 donation comes as the result of predatory lending matters handled by the firm. […]
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