By Steve Kardell | Published September 8, 2022 | Posted in Fraud, Graft and Corruption | Tagged Tags: false claims, False Claims Act, healthcare fraud |
Rehabilitative Therapy Business Must Pay $9.6 Million in Damages
A rehabilitative therapy business in Georgia, along with its founder, has been ordered to pay $9.6 million in damages for submitting nearly 800 false health care claims. Case background Middle Georgia Family Rehab LLC, along with owner/CEO Brenda Hicks, are jointly liable for 796 false claims submitted to TRICARE and Medicaid. The defendants were paid Read More
Read MoreAscension Michigan Pays $2.8 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claim
A hospital system based in Michigan agreed to settle a whistleblower claim for $2.8 million, ending a case that featured allegations it submitted false claims for medically unnecessary procedures. Ascension Michigan comprises St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital, Providence Park Hospital and Ascension Crittenton Hospital. The group agreed to pay Read More
Read MoreCFPB Announces $3 Million Settlement with Foreclosure Relief Services Company
In July, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment to resolve allegations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) allegations against Certified Forensic Loan Auditors, LLC (CFLA) and its owner, Andrew Lehman. CFLA offers foreclosure relief services. According to the CFPB, CFLA and Lehman regularly performed “deceptive and Read More
Read MoreU.S. Government Joins Lawsuit Alleging False Claims in Marine Corps Contract
The federal government recently opted to intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Navistar Defense LLC, a company that manufactures armored vehicles for the U.S. Military and a subsidiary of Navistar International LLC. According to the lawsuit, Navistar Defense violated the False Claims Act in Read More
Read MoreWhistleblowers Claim Community Health Systems Repeatedly Violated False Claims Act
Two whistleblowers claim Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tennessee, submitted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of false claims to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for federal incentive payments given for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). The lawsuit was unsealed by federal court in Miami recently. In it, plaintiffs Read More
Read MoreFlorida Urogynecology Network Settles False Claims Act Case for $1.7 Million
FWC Urogynecology, a urogynecology network based in Florida, recently settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for $1.7 million. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have billed the government for services it did not provide or were otherwise inflated to get larger refunds. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have misused Medicare billing codes Read More
Read MoreNinth Circuit Decision Makes it Easier for Whistleblowers to Bring Qui Tam Actions
In a new, important development for how False Claims Act cases will proceed, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned precedent that had limited whistleblowers’ ability to recover money reimbursed to the federal government under the FCA to a more significant extent than a large number of other circuits. The ruling came in the Read More
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