Sep 18, 2018 Whistleblower to get $2,345,670 in medical kickbacks case. On Behalf of Fischer Legal Group | Sep 18, 2018 | False Claims Act.
Aug 15, 2023 Dive Brief. Medtronics bid to dismiss heart device kickback claims fails, clearing case to advance. A whistleblower accused Medtronic of violating the False Claims Act by billing the government for unnecessary medical procedures. Published Aug. 15, 2023. By. Nick Paul Taylor Contributor. Avosb via Getty Images.
July 26, 2022. in False Claims-Qui Tam. Reading Time: 5 mins read. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced two large settlements in cases that stemmed from qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuits.
Jul 19, 2021 Government Joins Whistleblower Case Alleging Six Health Systems and Medical Centers Defrauded the Department of Defense CenCal Health, Other Healthcare Providers Agree to Pay $95.5 Million for Alleged Scheme to Defraud Medi-Cal, Medicaid
December 12, 2022. Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), a provider of cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) systems, recently agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2017.
The whistleblower will receive $2,345,670 of the recovery, with the United States receiving $13,031,502, Texas receiving $114,016, and Louisiana receiving $22,482 from the settlement.
Feb 17, 2023 The case revolves around devices such as stents and small medical balloons produced by Medtronic to treat peripheral artery disease, i.e. when the blood vessels in your legs get clogged. The whistleblower lawsuit alleges the hospital used (and purchased) far more of these devices than was medically necessary.
Mar 7, 2022 The electronic health record vendor had already agreed to pay $18.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations in January 2021. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton granted $391,125.33 to a whistleblower this past week in the wake of a settlement agreement between the government and the electronic health record vendor athenahealth. In ...
Nov 15, 2021 In the first settlement (last Monday), Florida-based medical device company Arthrex Inc. agreed to pay $16 million to settle government and whistleblower charges of paying kickbacks to a Colorado-based orthopedic surgeon.
Oct 11, 2022 Pharma, whistleblower lessons learned from $900M Biogen settlement. The high price on Biogens $900 million settlement for False Claims Act (FCA) violations shows the government is still keenly interested in cases of illegal kickbacks in physician referrals, experts and attorneys said.
Feb 7, 2020 Medical Equipment Manufacturer Pays $37.5 Million for Alleged Kickback Payments to its Suppliers. Southern California medical equipment manufacturer ResMed Corp. recently settled its...
By Annie Burky Nov 4, 2022 7:20am. U.S. Department of Justice electronic health record (EHR) False Claims Act Fraud. Electronic health records provider Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45...
Phillips & Cohens whistleblower lawsuit alleged that TAP paid illegal kickbacks, such as free televisions and seminars at resorts, to doctors to prescribe Lupron, its prostate-cancer drug. DaVita Healthcare Partners ($400 million settlement).
The whistleblower will receive $2,345,670 as his share of the federal governments recovery in this case. The Chanler Group, in association with the Hirst Law Group, represents whistleblowers who take action under the False Claims Act to report fraud committed against the federal and state governments.
Mary and her colleagues have pioneered a series of successful whistleblower cases against prominent health insurers, hospitals, provider groups, and vendors under the False Claims Act alleging manipulation of the risk scores of Medicare Advantage patients.
The False Claims Act is a powerful tool in combating healthcare bribery and kickback schemes. Working in tandem with two federal statutes, the False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to bring their own actions to stop schemes that provide doctors with illegal financial incentives. The federal statutes are known as the Anti-Kickback Statute and ...
March 20, 2024 Firm News. Share: Armstrong Teasdale health care litigation Partners Maureen Bryan, David Ott and Nicolas Cejas recently secured a significant victory for a health care client in a multimillion-dollar whistleblower case involving alleged kickbacks from a supplier of contrast media.
Jul 23, 2020 Bilotta filed his whistleblower case under the False Claims Act in late 2011, and it involved him wearing a wire at the request of law enforcement while still employed by Novartis to record...
Whistleblowers . One of the largest ways that medical fraud is detected, including kickback schemes, is through whistleblowers. Whistleblowers are private citizens who file a lawsuit against a medical professional or group for fraud related activities.
March 25 - The U.S. Department of Justice is joining a whistleblower lawsuit accusing electronic health records vendor Modernizing Medicine Inc of falsely claiming its software met...
Kickback Allegations in Healthcare Whistleblower Cases. Healthcare fraud kickbacks are one form of kickback that is covered under anti-kickback statutes. The Stark Law prohibits certain forms of health care referrals and doctor referrals that could be considered health care kickbacks.
Feb 19, 2020 Many cases of fraud and kickbacks are uncovered with the help of whistleblowers. These are people with first-hand knowledge that fraud or kickbacks are taking place. In the case of the healthcare industry, this may be a nurse, administrative personnel, accountant or even a receptionist.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), a provider of cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) systems, has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to...
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