Phillips & Cohen

A whistle-blower lawsuit claims that Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia submitted false claims to the federal government. The government has intervened in support of some of the allegations,...

OfficeMax, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $9.8 million in settlement of a False Claims Act case alleging that it sold federal agencies office supply products manufactured in countries not permitted...

Curran Contracting, an Ilinois road builder, will pay $500, 000 to the federal government to settle allegations that it overstated the amount of asphalt material delivered to federally funded state road...

The U.S. government said it has recovered $3.89 million from the University Of Mimai on behalf of Medicare and the state Medicaid program as the result of a suit filed by a whistleblower. The lawsuit alleged...

Oracle has paid $8 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit that claimed the company charged the government for computer training which was never provided. The federal False Claims Act’s qui tam provision...

A former employee has accused Diabetes Self Care of Medicare fraud of at least $45 million. The Roanoke, Virginia, company was sold in 2004 to CCS Medical of Florida by its former parent Matria. Matria...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed a suit against a Texas company, alleging it violated the False Claims Act by steering customers toward power wheelchairs, rather than less expensive scooters. The suit,...

Federal and state officials are questioning discounts of 90 percent and more given by drug companies to certain customers, but not to Medicaid. Federal law requires that Medicaid receive the best price...

The April 22, 2005 edition of the Boston Globe says that federal prosecutors in that city report a sharply rising rate of whistle-blower suits against drug companies. The success of suits such as the one...

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle charges of inaccurate Medicare and Medicaid claims, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported on April 15, 2005. The lawsuit, which was brought...