August 25, 2009
Covenant Medical Center settles FCA suit
The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that Covenant Medical Center will pay $4.5 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. The suit alleged that Covenant violated the Stark Law, which prohibits a hospital...
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July 20, 2009
Whistleblower suits target fraud by ablation companies
Endoscopic Technologies Inc. (Estech), a medical device manufacturer, will pay the federal government $1.4 million to resolve a whistleblower suit alleging violations of the False Claims Act, the U.S....
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July 20, 2009
FINRA acts to protect municipal bond investors
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it will be surveying retail sales practices in the municipal securities market. FINRA investigators are conducting sweeps to gather information...
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July 20, 2009
Sen. Grassley has questions for medical journals
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican member of the Finance Committee, wants leading medical journals to outline their policies on ghostwriting. Sen. Grassley has sent a letter to eight medical journals...
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July 06, 2009
SEC whistleblower program should emulate FCA, lawyer says
In an letter to the Financial Times, attorney Erika Kelton says that the proposed bounty program for SEC whistleblowers could be more effective. Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP, recommends...
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June 23, 2009
Supreme Court to hear FCA case on public disclosure bar
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether whistleblower lawsuits are restricted if the information behind the lawsuits came out in state or local agency reports or audits, rather than...
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June 22, 2009
Increased FCA exposure for broker-dealers who advise public entities?
The Obama Administration has released a blueprint for regulatory overhaul, Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation. Among the changes proposed is one that could have False Claims Act ramifications:...
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June 15, 2009
Kindred Healthcare settles drug overbilling suit
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and its successor PharMerica Healthcare Pharmacy, LLC, have agreed to pay over $1.3 million to settle claims that Kindred overbilled TennCare and the Medicaid program for pharmaceuticals,...
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June 15, 2009
HHS and DOJ announce interagency anti-fraud effort
The Dept. of Justice and the Dept. of Health and Human Services have announced the creation of an interagency effort, the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), to combat Medicare...
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June 15, 2009
Tennessee USAO files FCA suit against health management company
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee has filed a False Claims Act suit against Diversified Health Management, Incorporated (Diversified), James W. Carell (the company’s...
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