False Claims Act Update & Alert
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG March 20, 2007
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			Record $334 Million Judgment A record $334 million False Claims Act judgment was levied against Amerigroup in a case in which the company was accused of discriminating against pregnant women who were supposed to be recruited into a state-sponsored Medicaid HMO. In addition to  triple damages of $144 million, the court levied an additional $190 million in statutory fines.  Amerigroup has appealed the judgment.  >> To read more
			$11.75 Million Paving FCA Ajax Paving Industries Inc. and Dan's Excavating Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $11.75 million to resolve claims they knowingly violated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contracting requirements.  >> To read more
			Raritan Bay to Pay $7.5 Million Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, New Jersey has agreed to pay the United States $7.5 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare by inflating charges for inpatient and outpatient care in order to obtain increased outlier payments.  >> To read more
			FCA Needs Updating Iowa Senator Charles Grassley says the False Claims Act needs updating so that it will apply to the war in Iraq where war profiteering is still under way.  >> To read more
			West's FCA Treatise West's 1000-page treatise on the False Claims Act provides a discussion of all aspects of the law, including procedure in qui tam actions, jurisdiction, pleadings, discovery and other pretrial issues, interim remedies, settlement, and dismissal. State FCA laws are also discussed. Authored by Claire M. Sylvia, a former editor of the Harvard Law Review.  >> To order your copy