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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) includes a provision that clarifies the False Claims Act’s definition of “public disclosure.” In section 10104 of the...

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton will pay $6.35 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud raised in two whistleblower suits, the Dept. of Justice reported. The suits had alleged that...

Alpharma, a subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals, will pay $42.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly marketed the morphine-based drug Kadian. The Justice Department’s press release outlined...

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has issued its quarterly report, outlining its efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse in the use of stimulus funds. The funds, which were authorized...

The Justice Department announced that Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC will pay the U.S. and several states $14 million to settle fraud allegations...

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...

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...