This case presents an issue of first impression: Do
employees lose standing to pursue a claim under the Labor Code
Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, § 2698
et seq.)1
if they settle and dismiss their individual claims for
Labor Code violations? We conclude the answer is no.
Settlement of individual claims does not strip an aggrieved
employee of stan... More...   $0 (04-13-2020 - CA)

Jacksonville, FL - The United States of America sued Dr. Parveen Khanna qui tam theory claiming that she submitted false claims to TRICARE and Medicare programs that were incentivized by illegal kickbacks.

Dr. Parveen Khanna has paid the United States $850,000 to resolve a civil False Claims Act investigation into whether she submitted false claims to the TRICARE and Medicare programs tha... More...   $850000 (03-21-2020 - )

Gulfport, MS - The United States of America claimed Ted Cain, Julie Cain and Tommy Kuluz caused false claims to be made with Medicare.

Following a nine week trial, a federal jury in Gulfport returned a guilty verdict against Ted and Julie Cain of Ocean Springs, Ted Cain’s companies, Stone County Hospital (Wiggins) and Corporate Management, Inc. (Gulfport), and Tommy Kuluz, Chief Financia... More...   $0 (03-14-2020 - MS)

Nashville, TN - The United States of America claimed that Diversicare Health Services, Inc. knowingly submitted false claims for Medicare services.

Diversicare Health Services, Inc., has agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, nece... More...   $9500000 (03-06-2020 - TN)

San Diego, CA - The United States of America sued Arch Health Partners, Inc. on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Arch Health Partners, Inc. (“Arch Health”) has agreed to pay the United States $2,910,370 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare. Arch Health is a San Diego-based medical organization that contracts with physicia... More...   $2900000 (01-29-2020 - )

Knoxville, TN - The United States of America sued Dr. Chang-Wen on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Family physician Dr. Chang-Wen Chen and his practice Chang-Wen Chen, M.D., P.C. paid $285,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly charging government health care programs the physician’s rate for services that were provided by nurse practitioners... More...   $0 (01-27-2020 - OK)

San Diego, CA - Numerous complaints sued MesMed on qui tam theories.

ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers, the Department of Justice announced today.

“P... More...   $0 (01-20-2020 - CA)

Louisville, KY - The United States ex rel. Stone v. Jewish Hosp. & St. Mary’s Healthcare, Inc., et al., on qui tam theories claiming they submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement.

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc., doing business as Pharmacy Plus and Pharmacy Plus Specialty (collectively, Jewish Hospital), of Louisville, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $10,101,132 to res... More...   $10101132 (11-21-2019 - KY)

Los Angeles, CA - Eye Doctor Group, Physicians Pay $6.65 Million to Settle Allegations They Submitted Fraudulent Bills to Medicare and Medicaid

A Southern California-based ophthalmology group, its former CEO and several of its physicians have paid the United States and California $6.65 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they defrauded public health care programs by billin... More...   $0 (10-07-2019 - CA)

Defendants Merchants Building Maintenance, LLC and Merchants Building
Maintenance Company (the MBM defendants) appeal from an order of the trial court
denying their joint motion to compel arbitration. The MBM defendants moved to
compel arbitration of a portion of plaintiff Loren Mejia's cause of action brought against
them for various violations of the Labor Code under the Private... More...   $0 (08-16-2019 - CA)

Los Angeles, CA - Medicare Advantage Provider and Physician to Pay $5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Beaver Medical Group L.P. (Beaver) and one of its physicians, Dr. Sherif Khalil, have agreed to pay a total of $5,039,180 to resolve allegations that they reported invalid diagnoses to Medicare Advantage plans and thereby caused those plans to receive inflated payments from... More...   $0 (08-08-2019 - CA)