Phillips & Cohen

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that Premio Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to fraud in the Federal E-Rate program. The company, which manufactures and sells computer equipment and software, will pay...

Intrepid USA, a Minnesota-based home health care chain, has paid the United States $8 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. The suit alleged that the company overbilled overbilled three government...

Marisco Ltd., an Oahu-based shipyard company, and Tanadgusix Corp., a native Alaskan tribal business, will pay the federal government $450,000 to settle claims that they defrauded the General Services...

The Kansas state Senate is considering proposals to combat Medicaid fraud. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt has led the effort to enact legislation that would create the position of state inspector...

A False Claims Act suit, filed by a whistleblower in the U.S. District Court in Memphis, sheds new light on financial ruses used by medical device companies to pay doctors who use their devices. The suit...

Shinwa Electronics of South Korea has agreed to pay $1.2 million in settlement of a whistleblower suit that alleged the company falsified inspection records for fire alarms and safety equipment. The equipment...

Michigan has joined a host of other states in enacting a false claims act with a qui tam provision. Qui tam, short for a Latin phrase that translates as “he who brings an action for the king as well...

Williams Brothers Construction Company has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve claims that it violated the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contracting requirements on federally-funded Texas highway...

The St. Barnabas Health Care System agreed to pay nearly $3.9 million to settle claims it overcharged Medicare, largely by billing for inpatient services when people received only same-day treatment. The...

Under a provision in the budget bill passed by the Senate on November 4 (and agreed to by the House on November 18) healthcare providers who receive Medicaid funds would have to educate staff about the...