False Claims Act Update & Alert
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG November 15, 2006
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			Omnicare Settles for $49.5 Million Omnicare, Inc., one of the nation's largest long-term care pharmacy companies, has agreed to pay $49.5 million to settle a False Claims Act case filed by two whistleblowers who said Omnicare was substituting tablets for capsules when filling prescriptions for generic Zantac, Buspar and Prozac.  This is the second large False Claims Act case in a month settled by Omnicare. >> To read more
			Corruption Continues at UMDNJ A federal monitor says illegal activity "persists to this day" at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  The new report details $36 million in illegal payments and kickbacks involving the university's cardiology program.  >> To read more
			Follow the Ankle Monitor German authorities are tracking large deposits made by Jacqueline Battles, wife of Custer-Battles co-founder Mike Battles.  Mrs. Battles deposited nearly $2 million into multiple German bank accounts under her maiden name of Vihernik after a jury verdict against Iraqi-war profiteer Custer Battles was announced.  The Germans have ordered Mrs. Battles to remain in the country and wear an electronic monitor. >> To read more
			Contractors Must Explain FCA Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, companies that do $5 million a year or more in Medicaid business must include in their personnel manuals a detailed description of the company's policies and procedures for preventing fraud, and a detailed explanation of the rights of whistleblowers and the provisions of the Federal and state False Claims Acts.  >>To read the law (Section 6032 of S.1932, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005)