Month: April 2007

California-based Dey, Inc., a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, has paid the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $2.9 million to settle litigation pending in the Federal District Court in Boston. Massachusetts...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced on April 26, 2007 that it has intervened in three qui tam suits accusing HealthEssentials Solutions Inc. (HES) of false claims billings to Medicare. HES is accused of...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the University of Phoenix from a decision by the Ninth Circuit. That decision (as reported here on September 8, 2006) reinstated a suit brought...

Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center has paid the government more than $2 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently overbilled Medicare and Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program. The suit originated...

The Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate issued a report on April 25, 2007 on pharmaceutical manufacturers’ use of educational grants. The press release from Committee Chairman Max Baucus says that...

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center has paid the federal government more than $2 million to settle a whistleblower case, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that alleged the Redlands,...

The United States Dept. of Justice announced that it has intervened in three whistleblower suits alleging that Hewlett-Packard, Accenture LLP, and Sun Microsystems Inc. violated the False Claims Act. The...

The acting head of Medicare told a congressional subcommittee that Medicare fraud costs billions of dollars each year. Leslie Norwalk said, “The fraudulent business practices of unscrupulous durable...

Cell Therapeutics, a Seattle-based biotech start-up, has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges that it illegally marketed the anti-cancer prescription drug Trisonex for uses that had not received...

The Georgia Senate has passed HB 551, the State Medicaid False Claims Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Edward Lindsey of Atlanta, had already been passed by the Georgia House. If it is enacted, Georgia...