Whistleblower Law Insights

Danbury Hospital of Danbury, Connecticut, has entered into a settlement agreement with the federal government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to...

HealthSouth Corporation has paid the United States $4 million to settle civil allegations that it defrauded Medicare by submitted fraudulent claims for prosthetic and orthotic devices. Qui tam suits in...

Comprehensive Cancer Centers, Inc. (CCC) will pay the federal government $900,000 to settle allegations that it defrauded the Medicare program by using an “upcoding” scheme. The suit, which...

Keystone Mercy Health Plan, a Philadelphia-based Medicaid managed-care insurer, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a benefits-claims dispute. The suit, which began as whistle-blower action under the...

A federal judge dismissed a group of False Claims Act suits that charged natural gas companies with underreporting their production on federal lands. The 73 cases, brought by a whistleblower under the...

St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center of Lincoln, Nebraska has paid the federal government and State of Nebraska $4 million to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to disclose and failed to return...

A federal jury found insurance company Amerigroup Corp. and an Illinois affiliate liable for discrimination by denying coverage to pregnant women. The jury awarded $48 million to the plaintiffs (including...

AIT Worldwide Logistic Inc., has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a whistleblower suit brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The suit alleged that the shipper provided illegal...

Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit management company, has agreed to pay the United States $155 million plus interest to settle allegations that it defrauded federal health plans. The suit alleged...

Armstrong Williams, the conservative commentator hired by the federal government to push its educational agenda, will pay $34,000 to settle False Claims Act charges. Williams admitted no wrongdoing in...