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False Claims Act Update & Alert |
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Taxpayers
Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. |
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 New
York Passes State FCA
A budget has been passed in New York which includes a state False Claims Act. As a Buffalo News editorial noted, "[T]he Senate has agreed to the creation of a False Claims Act meant to target fraud and abuse within the system, estimated to account for nearly $20 billion every year. Pursued aggressively and efficiently, that could pay huge dividends for decades to come. Indeed, the need is so great, it’s startling that the Senate, in control of the purportedly conservative Republican Party, needed to be persuaded." >> To read more |
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 Maxwell
Case OverturnedA federal judge in Denver has overturned a jury verdict which found Kerr-McGee Corp. liable for $7.6 million in underpaid oil royalties. U.S. District Judge Phillip Figa reversed the jury decision, saying that because another government auditor had mentioned the fraud in an email to a state investigator in Louisiana, that the case had previously been disclosed. >> To read more |
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 Pharmacia
to Pay $35 MillionPfizer has agreed to pay $34.7 million to settle criminal charges that its Pharmacia subsidiary paid kickbacks and engaged in off-label marketing of Genotropin, a type of human growth hormone. Under terms of the settlement, a Pfizer subsidiary will be barred from participating in government healthcare programs. An FCA lawsuit filed by former Pharmacia executive Peter Rost remains outstanding. >> To read more |
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 Joyce
Branda to Head DoJ'sCommercial Litigation Branch Joyce R. Branda has been appointed Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, succeeding Michael F. Hertz who has been promoted to Deputy Assistant Attorney General. |
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 Caremark
Loses Another OneA federal appeals court has ruled that Caremark illegally denied prescription drug claims in order to shift those costs to Medicaid. A False Claims Act case on this issue has been joined by the U.S. Government and by the states of Tennessee, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas. Tennessee alone is seeking $61 million in reimbursement. >> To read more |
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 TX
Hosp. to Pay $15.5 MillionThe Harris County Hospital District (HCHD) has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle Federal and state charges that it improperly filed Medicare and Medicaid claims from 2000-2005. The case was brought by Robert McCaslin, an account rep. in the Patient Business Services Division of HCHD. >> To read more |
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 Cabrini
to Pay $3.4 Million
Cabrini
Medical Center in
Gramercy Park, New York,
has agreed to pay $3.4
million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit which
charged the company with paying kickbacks to
Applied Consulting in exchange for patient referrals. >>
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