Month: September 2004

Doctor’s Choice Medical Equipment has agreed to pay more than $1.38 million to settle charges that it defrauded both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The company double-billed the programs for...

The Boeing Co. has agreed to pay the United States government $6 million to settle charges that the firm used Russian-melted titanium in the manufacture of military aircraft. The contract required the...

New York University Downtown Hospital has agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve charges that it billed Medicaid for obstetric services that were provided by midwives and residents but billed as though...

The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it has begun an administrative process against PharMerica Drug Systems, a large institutional pharmacy. The IG is seeking...

Medco, a pharmacy benefits manager, failed in its attempt to have a whistleblower lawsuit dismissed. The court refused to dismiss the suit, which alleges that Medco Health Solutions failed to pass along...

Gold Banc announced that Silver Acquisition Corp., with whom it has a merger agreement, has cut its offering price, asserting that a proposed settlement in a False Claims Act suit against Gold may adversely...

The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act suit that claims several companies defrauded the government by falsifying safety tests for compressed gas cylinders. The cylinders are used to...

Omnicare of Maine will pay $1.08 million to the state of Maine to settle charges that it switched patients from prescribed tablets of an anti-ulcer drug to unprescribed capsules. The state said that the...

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has announced he will join Alameda County in a False Claims Act suit against Diebold Elections Systems. The suit alleges that the company sold Alameda County software...

Cushman and Wakefield and Interior Systems Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $8.4 million in settlement of a False Claims Act lawsuit. The suit alleged that the companies underpaid the postage...