Phillips & Cohen

The United States Departments of Justice and of Health and Human Services have issued the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program annual report for FY 2005. During fiscal year 2005, the Federal...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Boeing which turns on the False Claims Act’s requirement that a relator be the “original source” of the information if the claims...

Horizon West Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Horizon West Healthcare Inc., have agreed to pay the United States $14.7 million to settle allegations that the companies violated the civil False Claims...

The Inspector General for the Dept. of Health and Human Services has released a report on the operation of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units for fiscal years 2004 and 2005. Over that period the units...

Pediatrix Medical Group Inc., a network of affiliated physician groups providing services in neonatal intensive care units, will pay the government over $25 million to settle claims that Pediatrix improperly...

Four auditors who monitor leases for oil and gas on federal property say the Interior Department blocked their efforts to pursue more than $30 million in fraudulent underpayments of royalties for oil produced...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has joined a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses Merck’s U.S. generic-drug unit, Dey, of overcharging Medicaid and Medicare. The government’s complaint alleges that Dey...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a whistle blower suit against the University of Phoenix. The suit, brought under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act, alleges that school...

The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public agencies, such as cities and school districts, can’t sue as whistle-blowers under the California state False Claims Act, nor can they be...

Schering-Plough and a subsidiary have agreed to pay a total of $435,000,000 to resolve civil and criminal charges related to illegal sales and marketing programs for its drugs Temodar and Intron A, and...