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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June 15, 2009
Honolulu hospital pays $2 million to settle qui tam sui
Queen’s Medical Center of Honolulu, Hawaii has paid a total of $2.5 million to settle two whistleblower suits that alleged overbilling of the Medicare program, the State of Hawaii Medicaid program,...
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June 15, 2009
NJ University Hospital settles qui tam suit alleging double billing of Medicaid
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to settle a whistleblower suit that alleged its hospital violated the False Claims Act. The...
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June 15, 2009
California mortgage company accused of violating False Claims Act
The federal government has accused California mortgage lender Capmark Finance Inc. of violating the False Claims Act. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the Justice Department charges...
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