False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           April 2, 2009
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		Subscribe to this FREE Newsletter Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz n TAF Home Page n Previous Newsletters n Email editor   Please take a moment to forward this FREE electronic newsletter to others that might be interested!	TAF Testifies in Support of FCA Amendments TAF President Jeb White testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of H.R. 1788, the False Claims Act Corrections Act of 2009, noting that the bill would "significantly enhance the Government’s ability to identify, prosecute and deter fraud on U.S. Government programs" by closing and correcting a number of loopholes that fraud-feasors have used and abused to drain billions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury.  The FCA Corrections Act would also modernize the law to address new types of fraudulent schemes, and clarify procedural questions, while strengthening the Government’s Civil Investigative Demand authority. >> To read the testimony (PDF)
			California Sues Seven Labs  California is suing seven private medical labs, alleging they cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars by overcharging Medi-Cal by as much as 400 percent.  The whistleblower in this case is Chris Riedel, CEO of Hunter Laboratories, who refused to join in the price-gouging practices.  The seven defendants are: Quest Diagnostics; Health Line Clinical Labs; Westcliff Medical Labs; Physicians Immunodiagnostic Laboratory; Whitefield Medical Laboratory; Seacliff Diagnostics Medical Group, and; Laboratory Corporation of America. >> To read the complaint (PDF)
			Par Pharma Subpoenaed Par Pharmaceuticals says the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating promotional practices associated with sales of the appetite-stimulant Megace. >> To read more
			Radiology Firm to Pay $2 Million A Las Vegas radiology firm has agreed to pay $2 million to settle charges they billed Medicare for diagnostic tests without providing treating doctors' orders.  >> To read more
			Houston Hospital to Pay $9.9 Million for Outlier Fraud The Methodist Hospital in Houston has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle charges it inflated outlier claims in order to recover more money from  Medicare.  >> To read more
			A Three-Legged Watchdog How easy is it to rip off Medicare?  Consider this: the Government Accountability Office not only created a phony review for a phony product, they also created a phony institutional review board and got it approved by HHS despite the fact that the company was named "Trooper Dog" and the address was 1234 Phulovit Lane in Chetesville, AZ. >> To read more
			Sikorsky to Pay $2.9 Million Sikorsky, a division of United Technologies, has agreed to pay over $2.9 million to resolve charges it failed to test ballistic plates installed next to the pilot and co-pilot on Black Hawk helicopters. >> To read more
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