February 05, 2008
Buyer of New Jersey hospital will settle qui tam suit
The buyer of Bayonne Medical Center will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced on February 4, 2008 The hospital is currently in bankruptcy and its...
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January 28, 2008
U.S. intervenes in whistleblower suits against NJ hospitals
The federal government has intervened in two whistleblower lawsuits alleging Medicare fraud against three New Jersey hospitals, according to an AP story published January 25, 2008 in Forbes. The hospitals...
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January 24, 2008
Big Dig contractors agree to pay $458 million
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB) and design consultants will pay the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a total of $458 million to settle allegations of “gross failures”...
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January 22, 2008
Louisiana hospital settles fraud allegations for $1.9 million
Lafayette General Medical Center will pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it defrauded federal and state health plans by billing for unnecessary cardiology procedures, according to the January...
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January 22, 2008
New Jersey governor signs state False Claims Act
Governor John Corzine signed the New Jesrsey False Claims Act on January 14, 2008, according to a press release on the governor’s site. The law, which will take effect 60 days after the signing,...
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January 08, 2008
New Jersey False Claims Act passes Senate
The New Jersey Senate has passed a state False Claims Act, according to a January 7, 2008 article at PolitickerNJ.com. The bill, sponsored by Senators John H. Adler and Joseph F. Vitale, will now go to...
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January 08, 2008
Massachusetts limo company will repay tolls
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that the A&M Limosine Service Co. will pay $65,000 to resolve charges it underpaid tolls for airport tunnels, according to a January 3, 2008...
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January 03, 2008
Arkansas doctor settles whistleblower suit and pleads guilty to accepting kickbacks
Patrick Chan, an Arkansan neurosurgeon, pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks from a medical supply saleswoman in exchange for performing surgeries using her company’s supplies. Chan also settled...
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January 03, 2008
Road contractor settles federal whistleblower suit
Gohmann Asphalt of Clarksville, Ind., will pay $8.2 million to settle allegations that the company falsified tests on asphalt samples on roads and highways in Kentucky and Indiana. A former employee brought...
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December 26, 2007
St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta will pay $26 million in whistleblower suit
Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta Inc. and Saint Joseph’s Health System Inc. have agreed to pay $26 million to settle allegations that they defrauded Medicare. The suit, which originated as...
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