• posted: Mar. 02, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme,  Anti-Kickback Statute

A doctor and a healthcare facility have agreed to pay more than $2.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations. They were accused of improperly billing both state and federal Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• employer retaliation,  healthcare fraud,  workplace safety

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of nurses and other healthcare professionals in a whole new way. Nurses are on the “front lines” of healthcare, often the first people to Read More

• posted: Oct. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• bribery,  healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently charged 36 defendants in 13 federal districts for “alleged fraudulent telemedicine, cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) schemes.” Criminal charges were Read More

• posted: Sep. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  false claims,  healthcare fraud

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 Read More

• posted: Jun. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  False Claims Act lawsuits

The U.S. Department of Justice recently revealed that 2021 was a major year for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. According to the DOJ, the federal government took in more than Read More

• posted: May 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a $3.8 million settlement with Catholic Medical Center (CMC) to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free call Read More

• posted: May 05, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  Medicare Fraud,  kickback scheme

Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS), one of the nation’s largest oncology specialists, will pay the federal government $8 million to resolve Medicare fraud claims involving what a judge called a “sophisticated Read More

• posted: Mar. 24, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme,  racketeering

A doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland will spend eight months in federal prison and another with supervision upon release after he was involved with in a kickback scheme to prescribe Read More

• posted: Mar. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• settlement,  healthcare fraud,  medicare false claims

Brockton Urology Clinic LLC in North Easton, Massachusetts recently agreed to pay $100,000 to settle claims it submitted false claims to Medicare in violation of federal law. The case is yet Read More

• posted: Feb. 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme,  medical devices

Arthrex Inc., an orthopedic device company based in Florida, agreed to pay $16 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) in illegally paying kickbacks to a Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Jae Lee, who formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL). The terms of the settlement Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  defective equipment

Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered by a judge to pay $68,400 in fees and expenses after being sanctioned for violations in a whistleblower lawsuit surrounding allegedly defective defibrillators. The decision was Read More

• posted: Dec. 16, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickbacks,  False Claim act

Healthcare organization Bayada recently agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that the organization engaged in a fraudulent kickback scheme. The allegations arose after the firm purchased a pair of Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower claim,  false claims,  healthcare fraud

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 Read More

• posted: Mar. 04, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• incorrect billing,  healthcare fraud,  Medicare Fraud

Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. (Apria), a durable medical equipment provider that operates throughout the United States, recently agreed to settle a multistate billing fraud claim to the tune of $40.5 Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  kickbacks

Merit Medical Systems recently agreed to pay $18 million to resolve claims that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act in paying physicians and healthcare facilities to Read More