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 Ethex to
Close, Pay $27 Million
KV
Pharmaceuticals has said it will
pay a total of $27.6 million, plead guilty to criminal charges, and
close its Ethex generic drug unit in order to settle charges it
failed to promptly inform regulators about the company's dangerous
manufacturing problems. >>
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 Two
Nursing Homes Settle
Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services of Atlanta, as well as principals Leonard Grunstein, Murray Forman and Rubin Schron, have agreed to pay $14 million to settle False Claims Act case arising out of their solicitation of, and acceptance of, kickbacks from Omnicare, the nation’s largest pharmacy specializing in dispensing drugs to nursing homes. >> To read more |
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 Healthcare is Over 50 Percent
Waste and Fraud?According to a 2008 report by Pricewaterhouse Cooper's Health Research Institute, wasteful spending accounts for $1.2 trillion of the $2.2 trillion spent on health care in the United States. >> To read more |
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 Swedish
Rubber Co. to SettleTrelleborg AB and four of it subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle a False Claims Act case accusing them of rigging bids and fixing prices in the marine products industry. >> To read more |
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 Staffing Firm Prepares for Possible Settlement
CDI, a
Philadelphia
office staffing firm,
has set aside $4.3 million in expectation
of having to pay at least that amount to settle a False
Claim Act lawsuit.
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 Christiana Settles for $3.3 MillionChristiana Care Health Systems has agreed to pay the United States and Delaware a combined total of $3.3 million to resolve allegations the company violated the Stark Act. >> To read more |
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 Brookhaven to Pay $2.92 Million
Brookhaven Memorial
Hospital Medical Center, in Long Island, N.Y., has agreed to
pay $2.92 million to settle a False Claims Act case charging
it with
fraudulently inflating
Medicare
outlier payments.
Relator Tony Kite was also the whistleblower in
eleven other
similar qui tam cases. >>
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 New
True Crime Thriller on the Bernie Madoff Fraud Whistleblower Harry Markopolos has a new book out this week detailing the $65 billion Ponzi scheme scandal of Bernie Madoff, and has very nice things to say about Taxpayers Against Fraud. Thanks Harry! On Monday, March 8, Harry Markopolos will be on The Daily Show with comedian Jon Stewart. >> To order your copy of No One Would Listen |
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EMC to Pay $87.5 M