Phillips & Cohen

Thirty-eight people have been arrested in the first phase of a targeted criminal, civil and administrative effort against individuals and health care companies that fraudulently bill the Medicare program,...

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz., will pay the United States $9.8 million to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by promoting the use of a topical skin preparation,...

The federal government has joined a qui tam suit against a hand surgeon who allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s TRICARE program. The doctor, Houshang Seradge,...

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...

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...