False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           May 22, 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!	President Signs False Claims Act Amendments Into Law President Barack Obama has signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), strengthening the ability of the Federal Government to go after fraudulent contractors. >> To read more
			AstraZeneca Faces Heat According to documents released as part of class action litigation, AstraZeneca had an off-label marketing strategy for Seroquel as early as 2000. Seroquel generated sales of $4.45 billion last year, and marketing of the drug is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, as well as the state Attorneys General of California and Alaska. >> To read more
			DoJ's Tony West Says FCA Enforcement a High Priority Tony West, the new head of DoJ's Civil Division, says pursuing False Claims Act cases is a high priority.  "There is an incredible amount of money that can be recovered and returned to the health-care trust fund, and that has a real impact.  I think you will see stepped-up enforcement in this area. You will see proactive and assertive efforts."  >> To read more
			Regency Pays $4 Million Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, a nursing home chain, has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a False Claims Act case in which the company was charged with submitting Medicare and Medicaid claims for services not reimbursable.  >> To read more
			HealthEast to Pay $2.3 Million Three HealthEast Care System hospitals located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, have agreed to pay the U.S. $2.28 million to settle a False Claims Act case related to hospital charges associated with kyphoplasty, a type of minimally-invasive spinal repair surgery. >> To read more
			. Minnesota Gets a State FCA Minnesota is the 23rd State (along with the federal government and the District of Columbia) to enact a state False Claims Act into law.  To read more
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