Month: March 2008

Otsuka American Pharmaceutical Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., will pay more than $4 million to resolve allegations that it marketed Abilify,...

A group of former insurance adjusters, known as the Branch Consultants LLC, have asked a federal appeals court to reinstate their False Claims Act suit, according to a March 27, 2008 article in the Times-Picayune....

According to an article in the March 19, 2008 issue of the Wall Street Journal, government regulators are increasing their scrutiny of Medicare and Medicaid managed-care providers. The managed-care industry...

Huntington Valley Industries of California and Bayjet, Inc. of new mexico have agrees to pay over $45,000 to settle allegations that they defrauded the Air Force. The False Claims Act suit alleged that...

Gulshan Sultan, M.D., will pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that she violated the Federal False Claims Act and the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District...

CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to pay $36.7 million to settle claims it improperly switched patients from the tablet version of the prescription drug Ranitidine (generic Zantac) to a more expensive capsule...

A former Planned Parenthood executive has filed a False Claims Act suit alleging that the group’s California affiliates overcharged state and federal governments for birth-control pills. The Los...

Besler & Company, Inc., a New Jersey healthcare consulting firm, will pay the United States $2.875 million to settle allegations of fraud against the federal Medicare program, according to a March...

Cathedral Healthcare System Inc. will pay the United States $5.3 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, according to a March 4, 2008 press release from the Dept....

Yale-New Haven Hospital has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. In a March 7, 2008 press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said that the conduct...