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Universial Health Services to Pay $6.85 Million to Settle Allegations of Providing Substandard Adolescent Psychiatric Services

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

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Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) and two subsidiaries have reached a settlement in a False Claims Act lawsuit with the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Justice Department announced today.   Under the settlement, UHS and its subsidiaries, Keystone Education and Youth Services LLC and Keystone Marion LLC, which did business as the […]

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Detroit Podiatrist Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 28, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area doctor of podiatric medicine was sentenced today to one year in prison for a fraud scheme involving false billings to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Errol Sherman was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen in Detroit. […]

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WellCare Settles with Whistleblowers

March 27, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A successful settlement in a whistle-blower case against health insurance company WellCare is now final.  It will result in a $137.5 million payment to the federal government. The James Hoyer Law Firm represented one of four whistle-blowers in the case. James Hoyer client Clark Bolton was Supervisor of WellCare’s Special Investigations Unit and came forward […]

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Pennsylvania- Based Eusa Pharma Inc. to Pay U.S. $180,000 for Submitting Inflated Claims to Medicare

March 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – EUSA Pharma (USA) Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $180,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by allegedly encouraging doctors to submit inflated claims to Medicare for imaging scans, the Justice Department announced today. EUSA Pharma (USA) is headquartered in Langhorne, Pa. The United States alleged that […]

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Lockheed Martin Corporation Reaches $15.85 M Settlement to Resolve False Claims Act

March 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to pay $15,850,000 to settle allegations that it mischarged perishable tools used on numerous government contracts, the Department of Justice announced today. Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., is one of the world’s largest defense contractors. Today’s settlement resolves allegations that the government was overcharged as a result […]

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Oldest Qui Tam Settled. It Took 25 Years to Investigate; 17 Years to Litigate

March 22, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Harbert Corporation, Harbert International, Inc., Bill Harbert International Constructions Inc., Harbert Construction Services (U.K.) Ltd. and Bilhar International Establishment have agreed to pay the United States $47 million to settle claims that they submitted false claims, and caused others to submit false claims, to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Justice Department announced […]

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Feds All Smiles as Dallas Dentist Pays $1.2M to Settle Medicaid Claims

March 22, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A few year back Richard Malouf ranked pretty high on the list of Dallas’s most expensive homes; clearly, business at his All Smiles Dental and Orthodontics was pretty, pretty good. And then there were the private jets. But Malouf’s out of the business now: Byron Harris noted last summer that Malouf sold All Smiles to Valor Equity Partners, a […]

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Harbert Companies Agree to Pay $47 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

March 20, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Harbert Corporation, Harbert International, Inc., Bill Harbert International Constructions Inc., Harbert Construction Services (U.K.) Ltd. and Bilhar International Establishment have agreed to pay the United States $47 million to settle claims that they submitted false claims, and caused others to submit false claims, to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Justice Department announced […]

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Three Detroit-Area Clinic Owners Plead Guilty in $5.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 15, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – Three Detroit-area clinic owners pleaded guilty today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Karina Hernandez, 28, Marieva Briceno, 46, and Henry Briceno, 58, all of Miami, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow […]

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Broward Fla Area Halfway House Owner Sentenced to 24 Months for Participating in Fraud Scheme

March 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Broward County, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). […]

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J&J’s Drug Settlement for $1 Billion Is Rejected

March 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have rejected a roughly $1 billion proposed settlement to resolve allegations that Johnson & Johnson promoted the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for unapproved uses, according to people familiar with the matter. J&J and the federal prosecutors in Philadelphia who had reached the tentative deal now must go back to the drawing board, because […]

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James Hoyer Attorney Wins Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award

March 09, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Jillian Estes – Associate Congratulations to James Hoyer Law Firm Associate Jillian Estes.  She is the winner of this year’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Young Lawyer Award  in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Jillian successfully represented a father from Denmark in a parental abduction case involving his eight year old daughter. The child was […]

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