April 14, 2008
Manufacturer settles defective bulletproof vest lawsuit
Protective Products International Inc. (PPI) will pay the federal government $960,000 to resolve a False Claims Act suit, the Dept. of Justice announced on April 10, 2008. The suit alleged that PPI sold...
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April 14, 2008
Florida Radiologist to Pay $7 Million to Resolve FCA suit
Radiologist Fred Steinberg, M.D., his imaging centers and related entities in Palm Beach County, Fla., have agreed to pay the federal government $7 million to resolve allegations of health care fraud,...
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April 14, 2008
Medicaid Dental Center resolves FCA suit
Medicaid Dental Center of North Carolina will pay $10.05 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the United States Justice Department announced on April 9, 2008. The company was accused of billing...
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April 08, 2008
Geriatric care provider will settle FCA suit for $117 million
HealthEssentials Solutions, Inc., a former Kentucky-based provider of geriatric care, has admitted to submitting false claims to Medicare. The company has agreed to criminal restitution of $3.1 million...
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April 08, 2008
Wackenhut accused of overbilling Miami-Dade County
A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Wackenhut Corp. of billing Miami-Dade County for 69,000 hours of security work that the company’s employees were never paid for. The Miami Herald reported on April...
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April 08, 2008
Judiciary Committtee approves False Claims Act amendments
Proposed amendments to the False Claims Act were reported favorably out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 3, according to Federal Times. The bill, S 2041, sponsored by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa,...
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April 03, 2008
U.S. joins whistleblower suit against Ohio hospital
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has joined a whistleblower suit that alleges fraud by Christ Hospital and Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, the Cincinnati area’s largest cardiology practice. The suit, filed...
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April 01, 2008
Whistleblowers charge insurers overburden Social Security
An April 1, 2008 article in the New York Times says that whistleblowers have filed suits accusing insurers of abusing the Social Security Administration. Disability insurers can reduce payments to clients...
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March 31, 2008
Japanese drug company will pay $4 million to settle FCA charges
Otsuka American Pharmaceutical Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., will pay more than $4 million to resolve allegations that it marketed Abilify,...
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March 31, 2008
Whistleblowers seek to have flood insurance suit reinstated
A group of former insurance adjusters, known as the Branch Consultants LLC, have asked a federal appeals court to reinstate their False Claims Act suit, according to a March 27, 2008 article in the Times-Picayune....
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