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Virginia-based Defense Contractor Calnet to Pay $18.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act

June 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Calnet Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $18.1 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to the Department of Defense, the Justice Department announced today. Calnet Inc., an intelligence analysis, information technology and language services company, is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The settlement with Calnet relates to three contracts under […]

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Woman Who Couldn’t Be Intimidated By Citigroup Wins $31 Million

June 01, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Sherry Hunt never expected to be a senior manager at a Wall Street bank. She was a country girl, raised in rural Michigan by a dad who taught her to fish and a mom who showed her how to find wild mushrooms. She listened to Marty Robbins and Buck Owens on the radio and came to believe […]

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Medicare Fraud: Lebanon Mo. Therapist Claims He Worked Everyday Except Christmas for 3 Years

May 29, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A psychologist practicing in the Lebanon, Mo., area has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of more than one million dollars. Rhett E. McCarty, 67, of Lake Ozark, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in […]

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Federal Agents Arrest Connecticut Man In $20 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

May 25, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Federal agents arrested Gary Anusavice, 59, at his home on Potter Road in North Kingstown Thursday morning in connection to a $20 million Medicaid fraud case in Connecticut. In a story first reported by NBC Connecticut, federal agents raided dental offices in New Britain and Trumbull, Conn. Also arrested this morning was Mehran Zamani, DDS, […]

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Army Buys Drip Pans for $17,000 Apiece

May 21, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON — The Army has bought about $6.5 million worth of the “leakproof” drip pans in the past three years to catch transmission fluid on Black Hawk helicopters. And it might want more from the Kentucky company that makes them, even though a similar pan from another company costs a small fraction of the price: […]

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Houston-Area Nurse Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

May 17, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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For Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON – A Houston-area nurse was sentenced today in Houston for her 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). Ezinne Ubani, the former director of nursing at Family Healthcare Group, […]

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Sen. Grassley to IRS: Your Whistleblower Office is a Disgrace

May 10, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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You’ve probably read about IRS whistleblowers cashing in for reporting suspected tax fraud. It may seem to be anew development, but IRS whistleblowing incentives started in 1867! Still, big changes in 2006 raised the stakes materially, adding new Section 7623(b). Under it, awards to whistleblowers are no longer discretionary. Now, the whistleblower “shall” receive 15 to 30 percent of the collected proceeds. […]

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Abbott Labs Pays $1.5B to Settle Off-label Promotion of Depakote

May 07, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Company Maintained Specialized Sales Force to Market Drug for Off Label Purposes; Targeted Elderly Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes Global Health Care Company Abbott Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote for uses […]

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Knoxville Physicians Group Settles Over Billing Qui Tam For $4.36M

May 07, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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KNOXVILLE — A physicians practice group has agreed to pay $4.36 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law while submitting false claims for medical services. The settlement involves Apex Medical Group, doing business as Nephrology Consultants, and some affiliated dialysis centers in Knoxville area counties. According to an announcement today from the U.S. Attorney’s […]

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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges Record 107 Individuals for Approximately $452 M in False Billing

May 03, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities has resulted in charges against 107 individuals, including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $452 million […]

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Sacramento Librarian Settles Whistleblower Suit

May 03, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The clerk who blew the whistle on a Sacramento Public Library Authority kickback scheme that sent three people to prison settled her retaliation lawsuit against the agency for $343,000, it was disclosed Monday. Diane Boerman last month reached a confidential settlement in her case against the library, but the details were not disclosed until agency […]

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James Hoyer Associate Receives Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award

May 01, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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With family and friends looking on proudly, James Hoyer Law Firm Associate Jillian Estes was honored with this year’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Young Lawyer Award in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Jillian accepted the award on April 26th, 2012 at the Chester Ferguson Law Center in Tampa. “I want to (say) thank you […]

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