July 13, 2006
Hospice provider pays $12.9 million to settle whistleblower suits
The U.S. Justice Department announced that Odyssey HealthCare has paid the government $12.9 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare. The statement said that Odyssey...
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July 13, 2006
Gabelli will pay $130 million to settle wireless auction fraud suit
The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced in a July 13, 2006 press release that Mario Gabelli and affiliated entities will pay $130 million to settle charges he defrauded the Federal Communications Commission....
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July 10, 2006
More hospital outlier settlements expected
Modern Healthcare reports that the recent settlements by Tenet Healthcare and St. Barnabas Health Care System may be only the start of a flurry of hospital settlements. Tenet and St. Barnabas settled False...
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June 29, 2006
Highmark Insurance settles qui tam suit
Highmark, Inc., a Pennsylvania insurance company, has entered into an agreement with the federal government to resolve allegations that it underpaid amounts due for care of certain Medicare beneficiaries....
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June 29, 2006
Clinic and manufacturer pay $345,000 in kickback case
Stryker Corp., an artificial joint manufacturer, and the Center for Neurosciences, Orthopedics & Spine have agreed to pay $345,000 to the Medicare Trust Fund to settle a federal kickback case., the...
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June 29, 2006
Tenet will pay $900 million to settle FCA charges
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has announced that Tenet Healthcare Corporation has agreed to pay more that $900 million to settle allegations of unlawful billing practices. The settlement is the second-largest...
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June 28, 2006
AT&T pays nearly $3 million in qui tam suit
AT&T has paid the United States $2,946,000 to resolve allegations that it defrauded federal agencies by knowingly charging them more than the actual costs and fees AT&T paid to local telephone...
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June 16, 2006
St. Barnabas hospitals to pay $265 million to settle qui tam suit
Saint Barnabas Health Care System will pay $265 million to settle charges that it cheated Medicare out of more than half a billion dollars. The payment will resolve allegations that the hospitals inflated...
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June 13, 2006
Atlanta hospital will pay $3 million to settle False Claims Act allegations
Piedmont Hospital, of Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to pay more that $3 million to resolve allegations that the hospital submitted claims to federal health care programs for services that were not eligible...
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June 13, 2006
Baxter International to settle Texas Medicaid fraud suit
Baxter International, a maker of blood-disease treatments, has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a suit alleging it falsely reported the prices of drugs to the Texas Medicaid system. The suit was brought...
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