The United States has filed a complaint against Orlando, Florida, based Air Ideal Inc. and its owner, Kim Amkraut, for allegedly making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain certification as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone...
Firm News
James Hoyer Prime Hospital Case Takes Major Step Forward
Karin Berntsen – James Hoyer Client The whistleblower case filed against Prime Healthcare by James Hoyer client Karin Berntsen has cleared a major hurdle. The defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the case was denied in its entirety. Judge Patrick Walsh of the U.S. District...
United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Hospice for Billing Medicare and Medicaid for Ineligible Patients
The United States has filed suit against Creekside Hospice II LLC, Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (SKG), its holding company, and Skilled Healthcare LLC (SKH), an administrative services subsidiary of SKG that operates Creekside (collectively the Creekside entities),...
DOJ Announces Record Recovery for False Claims Act in 2014
The Department of Justice announced today it recovered nearly $6 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2014. It is the first annual recovery to exceed $5 Billion. More than 700 Whistleblower Lawsuits were filed for second consecutive year. Noted in the...
Founding Partner Chris Hoyer Interviewed about Grand Juries
Al Tompkins – Poynter Institute As the country awaits the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, the question of what exactly a grand jury does is of prime interest. Al...
Careall Companies Agree to Pay $25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
CareAll Management LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively “CareAll”) have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the state of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and upcoded...
Oklahoma company Ocean Dental agrees to pay $5.05M fraud settlement
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said preventing fraud is a priority to ensure that people who truly need assistance can get it. Ocean Dental had been accused of submitting false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid program for dental restorations by former employee...
North Florida Shipyards and Matt Self to Pay $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
North Florida Shipyards and its president, Matt Self, will pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by creating a front company, Ind-Mar Services Inc., in order to be awarded Coast Guard contracts that were...
Biomet Companies to Pay Over $6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Bone Growth Stimulators
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc. have agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that EBI violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce use of its bone growth stimulators and billing federal...
Satyabrata Chatterjee and Ashwini Anand,Kentucky Cardiologists Agree to Pay $380,000 to Settle False Claims Act Based on Illegal Referrals
The Department of Justice announced today that two cardiologists based in London, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $380,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by entering into sham management agreements with Saint Joseph Hospital, also based in...


