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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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 Lilly Pays Record $1.4 Billion
In the largest single settlement with a False Claims Act component, Eli Lilly has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle charges it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by off-label marketing of Zyprexa. Of the $1.4 billion settlement, $800 million was paid under the FCA, and $615 million was a criminal penalty. >> Press Release | Information | Guilty Plea Agreement |
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 FDA
Approved Hundreds of Devices Without Review
The U.S. Government
Accountability Office says hundreds of medical devices have been
approved by the FDA without a full-scale review.
Some of these items have since been recalled, including an
external defibrillator for treating heart attack victims,
but many have not.
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 AL Hospice
to Pay $25 Million
SouthernCare Inc., an
Alabama-based hospice company, has agreed to pay
$24.7 million to settle charges it billed Medicare for ineligible patients.
The company
operates 99 locations in 15 states. >>
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 Rite Aid Pays $5 Million
for Drug Diversion Rite Aid and nine subsidiaries have agreed to pay |
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