Firm News

A CEO of an Atlanta-area hospital and the co-owner and chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based medical clinic chain pleaded guilty in connection with the payment of illegal kickbacks to clinics in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals to hospitals in the Atlanta...

The Justice Department announced that Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve multiple lawsuits alleging that the company knowingly billed government health care programs...

After five years, a fiercely fought legal battle that cost Halifax Health more than $110 million in settlement and legal costs is drawing to a close.  The James Hoyer law firm is local counsel in the Halifax case. The Halifax Health Board of Commissioners voted...

The Justice Department, along with federal and state partners, today announced a $7 billion settlement with Citigroup Inc. to resolve federal and state civil claims related to Citigroup’s conduct in the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of...

Partner Jesse Hoyer after running the Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa. James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer was profiled as the featured athlete on the Little Things for Cancer marathon team, this week.  Little Things for Cancer raises money to help cancer patients...

James, Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich is pleased to announce that attorney Chris Casper has been named managing partner and attorneys Jillian Estes, Sean Estes, Jesse Hoyer, and Sean Keefe have been named partners.  James Hoyer is an investigative law firm with an...

Omnicare Inc., the nation’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes, has agreed to pay $124.24 million for allegedly offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of...

A federal judge has ruled former Endo Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative Peggy Ryan is the sole whistleblower eligible for a portion of the company’s $193 million off-label marketing settlement, announced in February by the U.S. Justice Department.   Ryan is...

Shands Health Care System has agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle outstanding claims that six of its Florida hospitals submitted improper outpatient billing to the government which resulted in overpayments from Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE.   This settlement comes...

American taxpayers have 96 million reasons to care what Lance Armstrong says under oath later this month. Prosecutors are seeking more than $96 million from the disgraced cyclist, according to documents Armstrong’s lawyers attached to motions they filed in Washington...