False Claims Act Update & Alert
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG April 18, 2007
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			New Georgia False Claims Act Georgia’s Senate has passed a “State False Medicaid Claims Act.”  The House had already approved an identical bill, and Governor Sonny Perdue is expected to sign the legislation into law.  Passage of the Georgia law follows on the heels of similar legislation in New York. >> To read the legislation (PDF)
			Cell Therapeutics to Pay $10.5 Million for Kickbacks and Off-Label Marketing Cell Therapeutics has agreed to pay $10.5 million plus interest to resolve charges the company paid doctors kickbacks to prescribe Trisenox for off-label purposes >> To read more
			Uncle Sam's $30 Million DoJ says it may join an FCA lawsuit in order to collect $30 million won by a relator but overturned on technical grounds by a judge.  DoJ notes that if a relator is dismissed from a case, the court retains subject matter jurisdiction if it intervenes. About $30 million is at stake. >> To read more
			Quote of Note: "Senator Grassley's oversight work is really the gold standard for Congress.  He's tough, tenacious, and fair in his pursuit of good government for the American people.      -- Democratic Senator Max Baucus        on his Republican colleague,        Senator Charles Grassley