• posted: Aug. 15, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• qui tam,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme,  kickback claims,  qui tam claims

Vanguard Health Systems (doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC)) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation has recently settled a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit for $29.7 million. The government Read More

• 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: 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: May 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme

Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson, an orthopedic surgeon based in Oklahoma, will pay the federal government nearly $343,000 to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. According to the Department of Justice, 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: 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: Nov. 22, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• bribes,  Medicare Fraud,  kickback scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced charges from a grand jury in New Jersey issued against the owner of multiple telemedicine companies. The defendant is based in Florida and runs Read More

• posted: Jan. 25, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  Medicaid Fraud,  kickback scheme

Methodist Healthcare and West Cancer Center, both located in Memphis, Tennessee, were recently named in a whistleblower lawsuit revolving around illegal kickbacks to doctors. Former Methodist University Hospital CEO Jeff Liebman Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme

Wheeling Hospital in West Virginia recently agreed to pay $50 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower case alleging improper kickbacks and payments to doctors that were directed Read More

• posted: Oct. 17, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• charitable organization,  dialysis,  kickback scheme,  whistleblower attorn

Aa whistleblower recently submitted a complaint alleging Fresenius and DaVita Kidney Care, along with a charitable organization (American Kidney Fund), conspired in a kickback scheme in which patients were offered Read More