False Claims Act Update & Alert
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			May 1, 2008M n UMDNJ Docs Sued for Kickbacks n GSA's Lurita Doan Loses Job n Are Fraud Files a Trade Secret? n Savannah Hospital Pays $5 Million n Cancer Doc Imports for Resale n "Undercover" by John Schilling n New York's Medicaid Work Plan ay 1, 2008 April 22, 2008 n HHS Say "Tell Us More" n It Takes a Village to Detect Fraud n Positively Not Overnight n Fraud Loophole Eliminated April 15, 2008 n Radiologist to Pay $7 Million n NC Dental Chain Pays $10 Million n Heartland Dental Pays $3 Million n OMB has Some Explaining to Do n Entrepreneur of the Year? n Ista Off-Label Investigation n Fast Fact: Inflation-adjusing FCA Penalties April 3, 2008 FCA Amendments Voted Out of Senate Judiciary Committee with Overwhelming Bipartisan support March 31, 2008 n Abilify Maker to Pay $4 Million n HealthEssentials Not Likely to Pay Back Millions n AWP Class Action Certified n Derived Off-label Liability?   n Psychiatrist to Pay $1.1 Million March 19, 2008 n CVS Pays $37 Million For Drug Switching n InterMune CEO Charged n Pfizer Sales Manager Indicted n Mounting Zyprexa Liability n Michigan Money on the Table March 13, 2008 n Former Pfizer Manager Indicted for Obstruction n Yale-New Haven Hospital Settles n WellCare Hires a Fixer n Precursor to an AWP Settlement? n Besler to Pay $2.8 Million March 6, 2008 n Allison Engine at Supreme Court n Senate Judiciary Hearing on FCA n Cathedral to Pay $5.3 Million February 25, 2008 n Allison Engine to Supreme Court n $215 Million Alabama Jury Award Sends Powerful Message on Average Wholesale Price Fraud n Quest Reserves $241 Million n Betting the House n Wisconsin Passes State FCA February 15, 2008 n Alabama Takes on Pharma Fraud n Amgen Subpoenaed for Enbrel n A Free-Fraud Zone? n Counting False Claims Act Cases n Fight Fraud:  Remove The Cap February 8, 2008 n Merck Settles for $650 Million n Alabama AWP Trial to Start n "Undercover" by John Schilling n Finally A Treatment n Lilly Sued Over Zyprexa as Settlement Rumors Swirl January 30, 2008 n Big Dig False Claims Act Case n Rhode Island False Claims Act Signed Into Law n Feds Join NJ Outlier Cases n Passion for Payola is Called . . . n Washington Defines Success January 23, 2008 n Supreme Court Gets Briefs in Allison Engine Case n New Jersey False Claims Act Signed Into Law n Louisiana Hosp. to Pay $1.9 Million for Heart Fraud n Apollo to Pay $282 Million n Illinois Expands Its FCA n Pharma Trinkets to Cameroon January 10, 2008 n Washington D.C. To Require Pharma Rep Sales Licenses   n Fraud-fighting Without Teeth n Orthofix in the Crosshairs n Dey and Takeda Pay $6.75 Million December 27, 2007 n Fraud Costs Us More Than an Arm and a Leg n SBA Fraud Unprosecuted n $26 Million Hospital Settlement n CMHS to Pay $1.5 Million n Orange County to Pay $7 Million n Illinois Attorney General Refiles on MRI Operators n Sioux Kevlar Case December 18, 2007 n Relator Wins Over DoJ Protest n HealthSouth Pays $14.9 Million n Law and Odor at Wellcare n Blue Cross and Blue Shield Does Payola Politics in RI n More Tricky Knee Subpoenas December 10, 2007 n $42 Million Sand Theft n Ambulance Co. to Pay $6 Million n Iraq:  Money Without Meter n Asphalt Co. Settles FCA Case for $8.2 Million n NJ Hospital to Pay $7.5 Million n Cigarette Importation FCA n Harris Hosp. Pays $1.9 Million December 5, 2007 n Merck Settlement Expected to Top $670 Million n $25 Million TVA Coal Settlement n $25 Million Wheelchair Fraud OK Doctors to Pay n $1.5 Million November 28, 2007 n Sleep Center Billing Fraud n Cheating Death and Medicare n DoJ's Monitoring Contracts n The High Price of Whistleblowing n Federal Whistleblower Odds November 20, 2007 n DoJ Joins Suit Against Lockheed n The Biggest FCA Case Ever? n Peter Rost Gets a Second Chance n Second Stryker Settlement:  $16.5 Million November 14, 2007 n Off-Label Narcotic Lollipops n $28 Million Air Cargo Fraud n DaVita Investigation in Nevada n CMS and the Right to Steal November 08, 2007 n CMS Overpaid $4 Billion n Willful Injury from Price Fraud n AZ Hospital Pays $5.8 Million n More Inquiries at Omnicare n A Mother's Vengeance n AThieving Fraud Inspector n Adolescent Health Fraud October 31, 2007 n Hexcel to Pay $15 Million n Novation Out from Under Seal n The WellCare Raid n Supreme Court Look at Presentment n Quest Braces to Pay n Dianon to Pay $1.5 Million n Investigation Into Universal Health Services Expands October 23, 2007 n Phony Drug Tests n Rigsby Sisters Win "First to File" n Grassley to Seek Reelection October 17, 2007 n Let's-Make-a-Deal Meals n No Gifts, No Entrance n Barr Settles for $2 Million n Iowa Sues 79 Drug Makers October 3, 2007 n Bristol-Myers Squibb To Pay $515 Million n Artificial Hip and Knee Co.'s To Settle for $310 Million September 26, 2007 n Needed:  More Resources n Keisler Stays on as Acting AG n The Gold is in Community Mental Health Centers n HIV Drug Fraud Rampant in FL n Tenet Lawyer Now Defendant n DoD Whistleblower Protections September 19, 2007 n FCA Amendments Introduced n Aventis to Pay $190 Million n TAF Conference & Awards n First New York FCA Case n Massive Medicare Theft n NY Focuses on Home Heath n Tenet Lawyer Sued Under FCA September 12, 2007 n FCA Corrections Act of 2007 is introduced with bipartisan support from Senate leadership September 4, 2007 n Infusion Therapy Fraud n Home Health Fraud in NY n Missing Weapons in Iraq n Louisiana Revises State FCA August 21, 2007 n IBM and PWC Pay $5.2 Million n Nursing Home Violations n Screwed for a Washer n Worthless Education Loans? n Univ. of Phoenix Loses Again n PhRMA Public Relations August 14, 2007 n Crane Settles for $7.6 Million n D.C. Migrant Farm Workers? n Mortgage Fraud Hits the Fan n Suit Against Iasis Unsealed n Parkway to Pay $1 Million n Teradata Data Warehousing Under Investigation August 7, 2007 n A Fraud We Need Like a Hole in the Head n Katrina Suit Out from Under n Register Docs on the Take? July 31, 2007 n $50 Million Big Dig Concrete Settlement n University Pays $5.3 million n The (Ortho)fix Is In n Augustine's Personal Responsibility n Keeping an Eye on PSC's July 24, 2007 n Maximus to Pay $30.5 Million n Crop Support for the Dead n HHS and DoJ Ask for $183 Million More to Fight Fraud n CMS:  Serving Millions While Tracking Billions July 17, 2007 n Department of Insecurity n Orphan to pay $20 Million n Patients the New Pharma Front? n U.S. Joins Lawsuit Against Renal Care Group n Court Flip Flops on Taxes July 10, 2007 n Reading the Fine Print at the SEC n Cleaning Up the Hurricane n Millionaire Doc Wanted More n Texas Company Self-discloses n Sox:  0 for 947 July 3, 2007 n Cash for Docs, Drugs for Tots n No More Business as Usual n Texas is Latest State to Pass Muster with HHS n New York's Fantastic Four n Growing No-Bid Government June 26, 2007 n Judge Saris Weighs in on AWP n Texas Joins 3 Pharma Cases n Faulty Flares Ignite Lawsuit n Worthless Health Care n Phoenix Feels the Heat n Hopefully, Beyond Politics June 19, 2007 n Giuliani for the Defense n Winking at Corporate Crime n Medicaid Integrity n Medicare Advantage n Judge Aims to Prosecute Whistleblower's Lawyer n Predictable Weather? June 12, 2007 n A Prescription for Profit n TAF Files Amicus in War Case n U.S. Embassy in Iraq n Ambulance Co. Pays $2.5 Million n TAF on Medicare Contractors June 6, 2007 n TX Hospital to Pay $15.4 Mil. n Katrina, Insurance & the FCA n Jazz Settlement on Horizon? n Stryker Still Holding the Bag n Fake Brass Earns Lawsuit n Blow Back From Peter Rost May 29, 2007 n TAF Names New Executive Director May 29, 2007 n TAF Names New Executive Director n FBI Focus on Flying Fraud n GSA's Big Wink at Fraud n Operators Not Standing By n Amgen Subpoened by NY May 22, 2007 n IRS Qui Tam an Early Winner n Drug Dealers Given a Pass n What Value This Settlement? n Pharma Promotes "Sicko" n Looking for Fraud In All the Right Places May 22, 2007 n IRS Qui Tam an Early Winner n Drug Dealers Given a Pass n What Value This Settlement? n Pharma Promotes "Sicko" n Looking for Fraud In All the Right Places May 15, 2007 n $634 million for OxyContin n $102 Million FCA Verdict n Getnick Interviewed in CCR n Bullet Proof Vest Makers Fear Consultant Testimony n MRI Company Faces Charges n Antipsychotics for Kids? n $869 Air Mattresses? n Orthotics Riddled by Fraud n Calculating the Kickback May 8, 2007 n $9.8 Million Off-Label Case n Is Uncle Sam Out of Luck? n U.S. Oncology Under the Gun n Lilly Faces Big Penalties n Tenet: Health Care Organized Crime May 2, 2007 n Texas Amends State FCA n Dey Settles in Massachusetts n Fraud Factories or CME? n California Hospital Pays $2 Million n The High Cost of Free Lunches April 24, 2007 n University of Phoenix Loses Again n U.S. Joins FCA Lawsuit Against HP, Sun and Accenture n Florida Joins Suit Against Gift of Life CS n Selling Doctors April 18, 2007 n New Georgia False Claims Act n Cell Therapeutics to Pay $10.5 Million n Uncle Sam's $30 Million n Quote of Note April 10, 2007 n Settlement on Oklahoma Meth Lab Cleanup Case n Dey Settles in Hawaii n Medcath Tries to Settle n Sheehan to Head NY Medicaid Fraud Fighting Team n Jim Alderson Honored n Tony Soprano Health Care April 3, 2007 n New York Passes State FCA n Maxwell Case Overturned n Pharmacia to Pay $35 Million n Branda to Head Commercial Litigation Branch n Caremark Loses Another One n Cabrini Medical to Pay $3.4 Million March 27, 2007 n Supreme Court Make It Harder n Albany Times Union Editorial n Katrina Flood Insurance Case n Zyprexa Kicks Back to States March 20, 2007 n Record $334 Million Judgment n $11.75 Million Paving FCA n Raritan Bay to Pay $7.5 Million n FCA Needs Updating n West's FCA Treatise March 13, 2007 n KBR's "Lipstick on a Pig" Memo n Neurometrix Investigation n New Mexico Passes FCA n Maryland Needs an FCA n Westchester Hospital Fraud Investigation n Elan Facing Kickback Probe n SCCI to Pay $7.5 Million n Barack Obama, FCA Attorney March 7, 2007 n $3.9 Billion in Pharmaceutical Fraud      Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg March 2, 2007 n Pharma Research Fraud n Abbott: Time to Buy a Law Firm? n Maximus Under Investigation n FedEx Faces Tax FCA in Nevada February 21, 2007 n More Rope for Texas n Bribing Dementia Patients to Steal from Medicare n Building a Business on Fraud? n 9-11 Fraudsters n Do You Have a Case? February 14, 2007 n Rep. Waxman On Phraud n TAF's Moorman on Phraud n HHS's Lew Morris on Phraud n Texas' O'Connell on Phraud n DoJ's Tenpas on Phraud n Gerard Anderson on Phraud February 6, 2007 n Waxman Hearings on Katrina, Iraq and Medicaid Fraud  n Fox In the Hen House n New IRS Whistleblower Office n Making MFCU's Accountable? n How Much Medicaid Fraud Is Going Undiscovered? n Nominal Drug Price Fraud n Dollars, Not Sense January  30, 2007 n Drug Companies May Have To Return Stolen Billions n Kerr-McGee Nailed for Fraud January  23, 2007 n BLX Fraud Story Unfolds n "Ghost-Posting" in Bosnia n Flood Insurance Fraud n Phoenix Seeks Supreme Help n IL Intervenes in Imaging Cases   January  17, 2007 n DoI Inspector General Expected to Allege Cover Up n Orthotic Kickback Cases n Safeway Stores on the DRA n SBA Loan Scam n Quote of Note   January  10, 2007 n DRA Mandated FCA Education n Pepsi Faces FCA Lawsuit n Sovereign Bancorp Faces the FCA n Acute Care Co. to Pay $7.5 Million n TN  Heart Company Settles All Sides January 2, 2007 n A Standard for State FCA Acts n Cuomo on the False Claims Act n FCA Lawsuit Against Sovereign n DoJ Statistics for FY 2006 n Texas Joins Risperdal Suit December 21, 2006 n Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay $499 Million n IRS Whistleblower Act Signed n FL Hospital to Pay $14.25 Million n Chandler Settles for $5 Million n Mucho Problemo at Lilly n Fox in the Chicken House?     December 13, 2006 n IRS Whistleblower Provisions of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006   December 12, 2006 n TAF On CBS Evening News n A Primer on State FCAs  n NJ Owes Millions in DSH Payments n Whatever You Send Us is Fine n Wheelchair Scam Artist Nailed n We Would Like to Hear From You   December 5, 2006 n Integris to Pay $12.2 Million n Larkin to Pay $15.4 Million n KBR Pays $8 Million for Balkans n Supremes Hear FCA Case n Captive Agency of the Year n Blowing the Whistle On Big Oil November 29, 2006 n Supreme Court to Hear Rockwell Case - complete briefs November 15, 2006 n Omnicare Settles for $49.5 Million n Corruption Continues at UMDNJ n Follow the Ankle Monitor n Contractors Must Explain FCA   November 7, 2006 n In Plain English: Serious Trouble n Crist Wins Governor's Slot in FL n Spitzer Wins Governor's Slot in NY n Cuomo Wins AG Slot in NY n McCollum Wins AG Slot in FL   October 31, 2006 n Amerigroup to Pay $144 Million n InterMune to Pay $40 Million n U. of Phoenix Loses ... Again n Keystone to Pay $5 Million   October 24, 2006 n Medco to Pay $155 Million n Hospital Consultant Nailed for $64.25 Million by Court n Gunpowder Fraud n Navy Shipper to Pay $4.2 Million n Hospital Settles for $6.9 Million n Armstrong Williams and the FCA   October 17, 2006 n Oracle to Pay U.S. $98 million n $33 Million and 59 Years n Feds Focus on Procurement n $19 Billion and Counting   October 10, 2006 n HMO Sued for Excluding Pregnant n Ambulance Co. to Pay $9 Million n Omnicare settles for $52 Million n Judge Nails Fraudsters for $24 M n The Shoes Pinch October 5, 2006 n Nursing Home to Pay $14.7 Million n CMS Letter Pushes FCA Laws n U. of Phoenix Faces EEOC Suit Over Student Recruiters n Supremes Take 17-Year Old Case n Insurance Fraud Against Feds? n HCFAC Report for 2005 October 4, 2006 n Record Fraud Recoveries in FY 2006 September 26, 2006 n Auditors File Against Oil Companies n Something Rotten at Interior n A Field Guide to Health Fraud n What They're Saying (Daryl Isa) September 19, 2006 n US Joins Suit Against Dey n University  of Phoenix Case Advances n Calif. False Claims Act:  Arbitrator Awards $37 Million n TAF's Whistleblower of the Year n TAF's FCA Lawyer of the Year n Berman Receives Integrity in Government Award September 12, 2006 Taxpayers Against Fraud Give Congressman Howard Berman 2006 "Integrity in Government" Award September 10, 2006 Taxpayers Against Fraud Awards Whistleblower of the Year to Ven-a-Care of the Florida Keys September 2, 2006 Taxpayers Against Fraud Names Alan Grayson Lawyer of the Year for 2006 August 29, 2006 n Schering to Pay $435 Million n HHS Issues FCA Guidelines n PowerPoint on State FCA Benefits n Firms Begin FCA Education August 22, 2006 n Beverly to Pay $20 Million n Cleveland Hosp. Pays $14 Million n Louisiana Hospital Pays $3.8 M n Outlier Frauds Make a Profit  n Judge Nullifies FCA Verdict n NC to pay back $151.5 Million August 15, 2006 n Omnicare Reserves $86 Million n Detective Work Pays Dividends n Glaxo Pays $70 Million More n Ninth Circuit Reinstates Case n Medco Faces More Litigation August 09, 2006 n South Carolina Seeks $40 Million n AGE Refining to Pay $9 Million n Boeing Settlement Undefined n Strangling the Golden Goose n MI Nursing Home Pays $1 Million n Flap Over Medtronic Settlement August 02, 2006 n Fraud Cases Ahead:  A litany of cases we are watching July 25, 2006 n Fighting Healthcare Fraud: Whistleblower Statute Returns $15 for Every $1 Invested n GE to Pay $11.5 Million for Turbine FCA n Massive Fraud and Abuse in NJ n Med. Center to Pay $3.75 Million n Top Navy Officials Named in FCA Suit July 18, 2006 n A Record Year for Recoveries? n Top FCA Cases in the first 10 Months of FY 2006  n Medtronic to Pay $40 Million n How Do You Spell Payola? July 13, 2006 n Gabelli Settles:  $130 Million n Odyssey to Pay $13 Million n Environmental FCA Case in Court n Scope of State Medicaid Fraud n DoD Ripe for Fraud Days GAO July 5, 2006 n Tenet Settles for $900 Million n How Tenet Numbers Break Out n Tenet's Long History of Fraud n AT&T Settles for $2.9 Million n Yale Under Investigation June 27, 2006 n Highmark Settles for $4.5 Million n Stryker Settles a Kickback Case n The Failure of NY's Legislature n Caring About Caremark June 20, 2006 n St Barnabas Hospital Pays $265 Million n The Scope of Outlier Payment Chicanery n TAF's Moorman at ABA Institute n Honeywell to Pay $2.6 Million June 13, 2006 n Baxter to Pay $8.5 Million n CMS Says NY Not Doing Enough n Gabelli Settlement at Hand n Piedmont Settles for $3 Million n Home Oxygen Co. Pays $526,000 June 06, 2006 n Nevada Court Upholds Best Price n PennDot Fraud Case Ripens n Oklahoma Farm Bank Fraud n Oilman Takes on the Giants May 30, 2006 n Phoenix Fabricators Settles for $2 Million n $1.9 Million Paid by Mass. Doctors for Upcoding n CoxHealth Criminal Investigation n Gabelli Settlement in Discussion n Lab Corp and Quest Subpoenaed n The Scale of Research Fraud n Tenet is a Two-Time Loser May 23, 2006 n DoJ Joins Case Against Abbott n Tenet Settles Alvarado n Tenet's Next Hurdle:  A Global Settlement n TAF Quarterly Review n Got a Big Case (or Just a Good One?) May 16, 2006 n Cheating the Disabled n Hawaii Sues Drug Manufacturers n Boston "Big Dig" Arrests n Katrina Fraud Case Filed  May 9, 2006 n Medco Says $163 Million Settlement Likely n The Secret Politics of Custer Battles? n Tenet's Alvarado Hosp. Faces Exclusion n Katrina Contractors n Oil and Gas Theft From Public Lands n Pharmaceutical Cases To Date May 2, 2006 n Grassley Says Whistleblowers Key to State Success n PA County Overbilled INS n Red Cross Banks on Blood n Dey Pays Missouri $2.93 Million n Is a Housing Policy Shift Fraud? April 25, 2006 n Green Light for FOIA Evidence? n Florida Medicaid Fraud n "A Yukon with Leather" n Take the Money and Run April 18, 2006