Firm News

Based on allegations of fraud first raised in Augusta, the federal government has sued a company that specializes in moving the belongings of military men and women after two former employees said the business inflated relocation costs and overbilled the Department of...

KIMBERLY • Federal prosecutors say a local meal delivery service bilked Medicaid out of nearly $900,000. Homestyle Direct, based in Kimberly, illegally billed Medicaid for $888,152, delivered meals to deceased clients, lied to clients about Medicaid requirements, and...

U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York – News Release: Suit Alleges Novartis Orchestrated a Kickback Scheme with Bioscrip, Inc., by Referring New Patients and Giving Rebates to BioScrip in Return for Bioscrip Increasing Refills of Exjade Prescriptions...

Eighty retired New York City police officers and firefighters were charged on Tuesday in one of the largest Social Security disability frauds ever, a sprawling decades-long scheme in which false mental disability claims by as many as 1,000 people cost taxpayers...

St. James Healthcare (St. James), a hospital located in Butte, Mont., and its parent company, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (Sisters of Charity), a health care organization based in Denver, Colo., have agreed to pay $3.85 million to resolve...

A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal...

A former licensed mental health counselor at the defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) pleaded guilty today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for his role in a $63 million health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of...

The Justice Department announced today that Northrop Grumman Corp. has paid the United States $11.4 million to settle a government claim for penalties provided under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)  and False Claims Act allegations stemming from its failure...

The government has intervened in a lawsuit against IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., and its subsidiaries (IPC), alleging that IPC submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today.  IPC, based in North Hollywood, Calif., is...

Three patient recruiters for a Miami health care company pleaded guilty today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney...