February 02, 2007
RightCHOICE Managed Care to pay $975,000 to resolve FCA allegations
RightCHOICE Managed Care will pay the United States $975,000 to settle a False Claims Act suit brought under the qui tam provisions of the Act. The suit alleged that RightCHOICE overcharged the Federal...
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February 02, 2007
Design and engineering firm settles FCA suit
The PBSJ Corporation, a Florida design and engineering firm, has paid more that $6.4 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The settlement arose from an embezzlement scheme...
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February 02, 2007
FCA suit alleges false 9/11 claims
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed a civil False Claims Act suit alleging that two men fraudulently obtained loans and grants designed to assist businesses in recovering from the 9/11 terrorist attacks....
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January 17, 2007
Illinois joins whistleblower suit against radiology centers
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Chicago area radiology centers paid illegal kickbacks to referring doctors. The suit was originally filed...
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January 17, 2007
Qui tam suit filed against Alabama doctor for unnecessary surgeries
An Alabama doctor, currently awaiting trial on criminal charges of receiving illegal kickbacks for medical equipment, has also been charged in a civil False Claims Act suit. The civil suit, filed on behalf...
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January 17, 2007
Institute for Cancer Prevention settles False Claims Act suit
The Institute for Cancer Prevention has announced that it will pay $2.3 million to settle charges that it violated the False Claims Act. The suit had charged that IFCP unlawfully used federal grant money...
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January 09, 2007
Former acute-care hospital settles qui tam suit for $7.5 million
SCCI Houston, a former acute-care hospital based in Dallas, has paid $7.5 million to the federal government to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud. The defendant, which has since been acquired by Triumph...
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January 09, 2007
Tennessee cardiologists will pay $2.9 million to settle FCA suit
Cardiologists with East Tennessee Heart Consultants (ETHC) have agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle claims that they kept overpayments from patients, federal health care programs, and insurance companies...
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January 09, 2007
Qui tam suit accuses doctor of receiving kickbacks for medical equipment
A whistleblower suit filed under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act accuses an Arkansas doctor of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. The suit alleges that Dr. Patrick Chan performed...
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January 05, 2007
State False Claims Act review page from HHS OIG
The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services has announced the creation of a state False Claims Act review page. The page states: “As enacted by section 6031...
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