False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           July 21, 2009
	.
	.
		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!	NY State and NY City Pay Record Medicaid Settlement New York State and City have agreed to pay $540 million to settle a false claims case in which the state and city were accused of improperly billing Medicaid for student speech, physical and occupational therapy, psychological counseling and transportation costs. This is the largest Medicaid False Claims Act case in history.  >> To read more (PDF)
			Excluded Doc Bills Millions  Six individuals and seven companies have been indicted in a scheme that defrauded Medicaid out of $47 million over 10 years.  All of the companies and individuals are affiliated with Alexander Levy, who was excluded from participation in the New York Medicaid program in 1997 for submitting false claim.  >> To read more
			Lockheed Faces Suit Over F-35 A whistleblower has filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Lockheed over software that helps control the F-35 fighter jet. >> To read more
			Spinal Fraud on National Scale Robert Trusiak, chief of the affirmative civil enforcement unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York, reports that the Department of Justice is investigating hospitals around the country to determine whether their Medicare claims for kyphoplasty were improper when billed as an inpatient procedure instead of an outpatient service. >> To read more
			Florida Doctor Pays $1.7 Million Dr. Gabriel DeCandido of Largo, Florida, has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle allegations he defrauded Medicare by upcoding for services performed.  Because Dr. DeCandido attempted to hide and transfer his assets to avoid having to pay a judgment to the U.S., the court permitted the government to seize five of his vehicles and garnish $976,000 he had transferred to his wife. >> To read more
			Foreign Banks Kick Out U.S. Tax Cheats Credit Suisse, HSBC, and several others foreign banks have recently notified their American clients that they must close their offshore accounts or transfer them to their institution's U.S.-based operations.  The reason: foreign banks fear the IRS and the DoJ will extend their tax recovery efforts beyond UBS and Switzerland. >>To read more
			Six Fold FCA Damages? The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has increased FCA penalties to six-fold under very limited circumstances. The amendment, offered by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), passed by a vote of 23-0. >> To read more
			.....