False Claims Act Update & Alert
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March 13, 2008
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Former Pfizer Manager
Indicted for Obstruction
Thomas Farina, a former Pfizer district sales manager, has been indicted for obstruction of justice for changing and deleting documents on his computer, and for encouraging other sales reps to do the same. >> To read more
Yale-New Haven Hospital Settles
Yale-New Haven Hospital will pay $3.78 million to settle a False Claims Act case in which they were charged with over-billing Medicare for infusion therapy, chemotherapy, and blood transfusion services between 2000 and 2005. The is the hospital's second FCA case. >> To read more
WellCare Hires a Fixer
Five months after the FBI raided its Tampa headquarters, WellCare Health Plans has hired a former federal prosecutor specializing in government settlements as its top legal adviser. Does this mean the company is moving to settle? Count on it. >> To read more
Precursor to an AWP Settlement?
Abbott Laboratories, Watson Pharmaceuticals, and nine other pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay $125 million to settle average wholesale price class action litigation. Under terms of the settlement, 82.5% of the damages will be designated for third-party payors' and the balance will go to consumer claims. >> To read more
Besler to Pay $2.8 Million
Besler & Co. Inc., a North Brunswick, New Jersey health care consulting firm and its principal, Philip Besler, have agreed to pay the United States $2.875 million, plus interest, to settle a Medicare fraud outlier case filed under the False Claims Act. >> To read more