False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           December 3, 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 who might be interested!	Four Companies pay $39 Million to Settle California Whistleblower Case James Jones Company, Mueller Co., Tyco International, and Watts Water Technologies have agreed to pay $39 million to 54 California municipalities and water districts to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the companies provided substandard parts for water supply systems.  The case has been 12 years coming to resolution. >> To read more
			NJ Hospital Pays $3 Million Trinitas Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay over $3 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging the hospital defrauded Medicare by manipulating "outlier payments."  >>  To read more
			Sports Clinic Pays $3  Million The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles has agreed to pay over $3 million to settle a False Claims Act case alleging the clinic took kickbacks from the HealthSouth Corp. in exchange for referrals.  To read more
			Three FCA Cases In Orbit Several big False Claims Act cases are waiting to settle. 4 Forest Labs: Forest Laboratories has set aside $170 million to settle a False Claims Act case related to kickbacks paid to doctors for prescribing antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro to children, as well as for the off-label marketing of Levothroid. 4 GlaxoSmithKline: GlaxoSmithKline has reserved $400 million to settle off-label and kickback charges related to "several products” sold from 1997 to 2004, including the antidepressant Wellbutrin. 4 Wyeth: This is a nominal-pricing case dealing with acid-reflux drug Protonix.  The U.S. Government joined the case before Pfizer purchased Wyeth, so it is assumed settlement costs have been factored in.
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