Home Healthcare Firm Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $150,000
A home healthcare operation providing service to patients in rural Alabama recently settled a whistleblower lawsuit, agreeing to pay the United States government $150,000 to resolve claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act. Techota, LLC, whose headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee, provides home healthcare services in Alabama […]
Nation’s Largest Hospice Chain Faces False Claims Act Lawsuit for Medicare Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a False Claims Act lawsuit earlier this month against the nation’s largest for-profit hospice chain. Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, both owned and operated by Chemed Corporation, are accused of fraudulently admitting patients for hospice care and then billing Medicare […]
McKesson Corporation Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $190 Million
Amidst allegations of fraudulent price inflation, another pharmaceutical giant has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit. The McKesson Corporation recently agreed to pay the United States government an excess of $190 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by providing inflated price information on […]
Latest Court Ruling Allows Groundbreaking Qui Tam Lawsuit to Proceed
In one of the most unusual qui tam lawsuits ever filed, generic drug manufacturer Amphastar has charged its competitor, Aventis Pharma (a division of Sanofi-Aventis), with violating the federal False Claims Act. Although False Claims Act suits against pharmaceutical companies are common, they are normally brought on behalf of the […]
Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks & Medicare Fraud Force C.R. Bard to Settle
Amidst allegations of Medicare fraud and illegal kickbacks, an international medical device company has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit this week. C.R. Bard Inc. will pay the federal government $48.2 million to settle the allegations contained in a whistleblower lawsuit that was originally filed in 2006. C. […]