Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America sued Encore Rehabilitation Services, L.L.C. on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC (Encore) has agreed to pay $4.03 million to resolve allegations that Encore violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing three Michigan skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation t... More...   $0 (04-16-2020 - MI)

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)

Plaintiff Jeremiah Mathews worked as a maintenance supervisor and a cook for
defendant Happy Valley Conference Center, Inc. (Happy Valley), which hosts seminars,
retreats, and camps on a 30-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Happy Valley is
a subordinate affiliate of defendant Community of Christ (the Church). When a younger
male employee confided in plaintiff that Hap... More...   $0 (12-16-2019 - CA)

Julia Correia sued Glenn Jones, the President of Henderson State University,
for employment discrimination following her termination. The district court1 granted
1The Honorable P.K. Holmes III, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Arkansas.
Jones’s motion for summary judgment. Concluding that Correia was an at-will
employee at the time of her termination, we... More...   $0 (11-27-2019 - AR)

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Samsung Heavy Industries Company Limited with conspiracy to bribe foreign officials.

Samsung Heavy Industries Company Limited (Samsung Heavy Industries), a South Korea-based engineering company that provides shipbuilding, offshore platform construction, and other construction and engineering services, has agreed to pay total penalties ... More...   $0 (11-26-2019 - VA)

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)

A jury found in favor of plaintiff Patrick Nejadian and against his
employer, defendant County of Los Angeles (County), on Nejadian’s
causes of action for retaliation in violation of Labor Code1 section
1102.5, subdivision (c) (hereafter, section 1102.5(c)), and for retaliation
in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov.
Code, § 12940 et seq.), and awarded ... More...   $0 (10-02-2019 - CA)