Whistleblower Law Insights

A former employee has accused Diabetes Self Care of Medicare fraud of at least $45 million. The Roanoke, Virginia, company was sold in 2004 to CCS Medical of Florida by its former parent Matria. Matria...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed a suit against a Texas company, alleging it violated the False Claims Act by steering customers toward power wheelchairs, rather than less expensive scooters. The suit,...

Federal and state officials are questioning discounts of 90 percent and more given by drug companies to certain customers, but not to Medicaid. Federal law requires that Medicaid receive the best price...

The April 22, 2005 edition of the Boston Globe says that federal prosecutors in that city report a sharply rising rate of whistle-blower suits against drug companies. The success of suits such as the one...

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle charges of inaccurate Medicare and Medicaid claims, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported on April 15, 2005. The lawsuit, which was brought...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will pay the federal government $3.39 million to settle allegations of false billing in its health science research activities from 1996 through last year. The suit...

The Florida Attorney General has sued three pharmaceutical manufacturers for wrongfully inflating the prices charged to Florida’s Medicaid program, resulting in a loss to the state’s taxpayers...

PharMerica, a company that provides pharmacy supplies to long-term care institutions, will pay $6 million to settle kickback charges. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it was...

Arthur D. Little has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve charges it submitted false and inflated claims for work to the federal government. The company was alleged to have billed the government at commercial...

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has agreed to pay $62 million to settle a nearly 16-year-old case alleging that the company systematically overcharged for materials used in the production of...