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March 5, 2021 – DOJ Reports Ohio Treatment Facilities and Corporate Parent Agree to Pay $10.5 M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Kickbacks to Patients and Unnecessary Admissions

March 5, 2021 – The DOJ reported that Ohio treatment facilities and their parent company will pay $10.25 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for improperly providing free long-distance transportation to patients and admitting patients who did not require inpatient psychiatric treatment, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program.

Feb. 8, 2021 – Florida District Court Awards Whistleblower $952,480.00 in Attorney Fees Against Hospital Chain in False Claims Act Case

In the Fall of 2018, the DOJ announced Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), a defunct U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, would pay over $260 million in a global settlement to resolve criminal and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States. The $260 million global settlement was the result of eight qui tam cases filed in various district courts and transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as part of a multi-district litigation. See DOJ Press… Read More »Feb. 8, 2021 – Florida District Court Awards Whistleblower $952,480.00 in Attorney Fees Against Hospital Chain in False Claims Act Case

DOJ Reports Florida Business Woman Agrees to $20.3 Million Civil False Claims Act Settlement

Relator filed the action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b) the “Civil Qui Tam Action”). The Civil Qui Tam Action alleges that Defendants submitted or caused to be submitted false and/or fraudulent claims for payment to Medicare and other government payors, by falsifying documentation in order to fraudulently establish Durable Medical Equipment companies to bill for medically unnecessary DME equipment and engaging in improper… Read More »DOJ Reports Florida Business Woman Agrees to $20.3 Million Civil False Claims Act Settlement

Relator’s Qui Tam Suit Asserting False Claims Act Violations Dismissed with Prejudice

Relator brought qui tam suit against Chicago Vein Institute and its founding physicians, claiming violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), including a violation of the FCA’s anti-retaliation provision. More specifically, Relator alleged: (1) defendants knowingly presented false or fraudulent claims for payment; (2) knowingly made, used or caused to be made or used, false records or statements material to a false or fraudulent claim; and (3) knowingly concealed or knowingly and improperly avoided obligations to pay the government. Additionally, Relator alleged Defendants offered and… Read More »Relator’s Qui Tam Suit Asserting False Claims Act Violations Dismissed with Prejudice

Eleventh Circuit Revives False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Florida Mortgage Company

Fourteen years ago, Relators filed this qui tam action under the FCA against the now defunct Mortgage Investors Corporation (“MIC”), to recover monies the VA had paid when MIC allegedly added unlawful fees to VA-backed loans. Among other things, the district court granted MIC’s motion for summary judgment on the FCA claim holding no reasonable jury could find MIC’s alleged fraud was material. The Relators appealed. On January 15, 2021, the 11th Circuit concluded the summary judgment was improper on Relators’ FCA claim because genuine… Read More »Eleventh Circuit Revives False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Florida Mortgage Company