Cedar Rapids, IA - Nationwide Wound Services Provider Agrees to Pay Nearly $400,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Healogics, Inc., a Florida-based provider of wound care services with clinics across the country, agreed to pay $398,162.69 to resolve False Claims Act allegations pertaining to improper coding. Specifically, the United States alleged that, from January 1, 2012, thr... More...   $398162 (06-28-2018 - IA)

Jennifer DiPerna was a student pursuing a master’s degree in clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), a pri-vate, non-profit institution. After TCSPP disciplined DiPerna for posting an image to her personal Instagram account that TCSPP considered offensive, DiPerna filed this lawsuit alleg-ing breach of contract and negligence.
2 No. 17-3351
The year af... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - IL)

Boston, MA - Canadian Accountant Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $600,000 from Massachusetts Company

A Canadian national who worked as an accountant for a Massachusetts company pleaded guilty on June 26, 2018 in federal court in Boston to stealing nearly $600,000 from her employer.

Thanh Tam Tao Huynh, a/k/a Tiffany Huynh, 30, most recently of Quincy, Mass., pleaded guilty to tw... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - MA)

Knoxville, TN - Caris Agrees To Pay $8.5 Million Court Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging That it Billed for Ineligible Hospice Patients

Caris Healthcare, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Caris Healthcare, LLC (“Caris Healthcare”), have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims, and knowingly retaining overpayment... More...   $8500000 (06-26-2018 - TN)

Nashville, TN - Livingston Regional Hospital, LLC Agrees To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Livingston Regional Hospital, LLC, a LifePoint Health Inc. company, has agreed to pay $784,000 to settle allegations that Livingston Regional Hospital violated the False Claims Act, announced United States Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.

The settlement resolv... More...   $784000 (06-26-2018 - TN)

Orlando, FL - Healogics Agrees To Pay Up To $22.51 Million To Settle False Claims Act Liability For Improper Billing Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

The Justice Department announced on June 20, 2018 that Healogics, Inc. has agreed to pay up to $22.51 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing wound care centers to bill Medicare for medically unn... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - FL)

Kathy Netro brought a medical malpractice suit in state court against the Greater Baltimore Medical Center for its negligent care of her now-deceased mother. When she won, GBMC became liable under federal law for payments Medicare had made for Netro’s mother’s treatment. GBMC did not immediately satisfy the judgment. And three weeks after the state court entered its final order, Netro brought this... More...   $0 (06-14-2018 - MD)

Boston, MA - Dorchester Landlords and Property Manager Agree to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Landlords and property manager allegedly sought illegal side payments from Section 8 tenants

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on June 11, 2018 a $57,000 settlement with two landlords and a property manager of three Dorchester apartments to resolve allegations they submitted fa... More...   $57000 (06-12-2018 - MA)

Atlanta, GA - Signature Healthcare to pay more than $30 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to rehabilitation therapy

Signature HealthCARE, LLC (“Signature”), a Louisville, Kentucky based company that owns and operates approximately 125 skilled nursing facilities, including facilities in Georgia, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act b... More...   $30000000 (06-11-2018 - GA)

Syracuse, NY - Cindy L. Oehmigen sued Central New York Technology Development Organization, Inc. et al. on a qui tam falsa claims act whistleblower theory.... More...   $0 (05-31-2018 - NY)

This case appears before this Court following an earlier remand to the trial court. See
Anderton v. City of Cedar Hill, 447 S.W.3d 84, 87 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2014, pet. denied). Because
the procedural history of this case is well-known to the parties, we focus only on those facts
relevant to this appeal.
In 2000, the City adopted a Comprehensive Plan to implement changes along ... More...   $0 (05-30-2018 - TX)

This case presents the question of whether a plaintiff who brings a representative
action under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, § 2698,
et seq.) may seek penalties not only for the Labor Code violation that affected him or her,
but also for different violations that affected other employees. The trial court granted
plaintiff Forrest Huff a new trial, rea... More...   $0 (05-24-2018 - CA)

Miami, FL - Health and Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc., The Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie, Inc., and Hospice of the Treasure Coast, Inc. Paid $2.5 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations

Health and Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc., The Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie, Inc., and Hospice of the Treasure Coast, Inc. have paid $2.5 million to settle allega... More...   $2500000 (05-19-2018 - FL)

New Haven, CT - Ellington Psychiatrist and Mental Health Clinic Pay Over $800,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

DR. ERUM SHAHAB and WAIRE, LLC, doing business as ELLINGTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (“EBH”), have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $805,071 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state ... More...   $805071 (05-14-2018 - CT)

Newark, NJ - Burlington County, New Jersey, Construction Firm To Pay $1.5 Million To Resolve Joint State And Federal False Claims Action

NEWARK, N.J. – A Southampton, New Jersey, construction company will pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it committed multiple False Claims Act violations by contracting for public construction jobs despite paying its workers a lower hourly wage ... More...   $1500000 (05-02-2018 - NJ)

Washington, DC - United States of America, er rel. Floyd Landis v. Lance Armstrong and others on qui tam (whistleblower) theories.

The Plaintiff sought $100 million in damages from Armstrong, who was stripped of his metals for doping.

04/03/2018 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey: Settlement Conference held on 4/3/2018. (lcgmh1) (Entere... More...   $5000000 (04-20-2018 - DC)

Enacted in 2016, Ohio Revised Code § 3701.034
requires the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to ensure that all funds it receives through six
non-abortion-related federal health programs are not used to contract with any entity that
performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions, or becomes or continues to be an affiliate of any
entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortion... More...   $0 (04-18-2018 - OH)

Atlanta, GA - Orthopaedic and anesthesia providers to pay $3.2 million to settle false claim act allegations

Georgia Bone & Joint (GBJ), Southern Bone & Joint a/k/a Summit Orthopaedic Surgery Center (Summit Surgery Center), Southern Crescent Anesthesiology, PC (SCA), Sentry Anesthesia Management, LLC (Sentry), and David LaGuardia (LaGuardia) agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle allegatio... More...   $3200000 (03-29-2018 - GA)

Davenport, IA - Iowa Hospital to Pay $1.88 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improper Inpatient Admission Claims

Genesis Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Davenport, has agreed to pay $1.88 million to the United States to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.

The settlement resolves claims that, from January 1, 2013, to December 3... More...   $0 (03-27-2018 - IA)

Philadelphia, PA - Intra-Operative Monitoring Company Agrees To Pay $550,000 To Settle False Claims Act Claims

Marshfield Medical, Inc., formerly known as Bromedicon, Inc. (“Bromedicon”), has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs for failing to provide a qualified interpreti... More...   $550000 (03-18-2018 - Pa)

Japanese Fiber Manufacturer to Pay $66 Million for Alleged False Claims Related to Defective Bullet Proof Vests

Toyobo Co. Ltd. of Japan and its American subsidiary, Toyobo U.S.A. Inc., f/k/a Toyobo America Inc. (collectively, Toyobo), have agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that they sold defective Zylon fiber used in bullet proof vests that the United... More...   $0 (03-16-2018 - DC)

In this classic case of chutzpah,
Aaron Rosenberg, a former employee of Redflex Traffic
Systems, Inc. (RTSI), seeks a share of the proceeds his former
employer paid the City of Chicago to settle the case against it
arising out of the fraud Rosenberg helped perpetrate. In a
thorough decision, the district judge concluded that Rosenberg
was neither the original source of the ... More...   $0 (03-12-2018 - IL)

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Pays $1,655,000 To The United States And State Of Vermont To Resolve Allegations Of False Claims Act Violations

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced today that Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Inc. (BMH) has paid $1,655,000 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve civil claims that BMH violated the federal Fa... More...   $1655000 (03-01-2018 - VT)

These appeals arise from the dismissal of a securities fraud class action complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The action relates to the healthcare provider reimbursement practices of defendant TranS1, Inc., and four officers thereof —defendants Kenneth Reali, Joseph P. Slattery, Richard Randall, and Michael Luetkemeyer (collectively, the “Officers”) — in connection with TranS1’s A... More...   $0 (02-24-2018 - NC)

Wilmington, DE - United States Obtains $16.2 Million Judgment Against MRI Provider For Submitting False Claims

The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entered judgment in the amount of $16,223,091.38 against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging LLC (ONI) for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement. Under the terms of the judgment, ONI’s owner, Richard Pfarr, is jointly a... More...   $16223091 (02-02-2018 - DE)