Month: February 2010

BOSTON, MA – In a whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, alleging Medicare and Medicaid fraud involving a kickback and a cover-up, two prominent figures in the New York City real...

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center will pay $2.92 million to settle a False Claims Act suit that alleged the the hospital defrauded Medicare. The Justice Department press release says the suit...

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2010 – Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a Long Island, N.Y, hospital, has agreed to pay $2.92 million, plus interest, to settle a “qui tam”...

A whistleblower lawsuit accuses J-M Manufacturing, the corporate predecessor of JM Eagle, of supplying defective PVC pipe to states and municipalities across the country. Nevada, Virginia, Delaware, Tennessee...

New Jersey has amended its False Claims Act to bring it into compliance with the federal Deficit Reduction Act. If the Inspector General of the Dept. of Health and Human services finds that the state law...

Atricure Inc., a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $3.76 million to resolve civil claims that it marketed its medical devices for uses that had not been approved by the FDA....

Sierra Military Health Services, LLC has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to TRICARE. TRICARE is the health care program for active duty service...