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Taxpayers
Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. |
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Holder Brags on SuccessAt a recent health care fraud press conference held with HHS Secretary Katherine Sebelius, Attorney General Eric Holder noted that DoJ was prosecuting record numbers of health care fraud cases and that the Civil Division "opened nearly 900 new civil health care fraud investigations and had more than 1,100 pending cases." >> To read more |
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 Whistleblowing
Isn't Easy or FunAn article by Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, and co-authors in the May 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine notes that False Claims Act whistleblowing isn't easy, with most relators losing their jobs, and other experience extreme economic, marital, and psychological stress. >> To read the report |
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 Novartis to
Pay $72 Million Novartis Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay over $72 million to settle a False Claims Act case charging a predecessor company, Chiron, with off-label marketing of the cystic fibrosis drug TOBI. The federal share of the settlement is $43.5 million, with $29 million go to the states. >> To read more |
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 SBA
Lender
to Pay $26 Million
Ciena Capital, a
subsidiary of
Allied Capital,
has agreed to pay $26.3
million to settle a False Claims Act case charging the
company with falsely
certifying they had complied with Small Business
Association regulations on loans they originated,
underwrote, and serviced, but which were guaranteed by the
SBA.
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 U.S.
and 33 States Join FCA Case Against Wyeth The Department of Justice and 16 states joined a False Claims Act lawsuit against Wyeth last year, but now 17 other states have piled on. This is a "nominal pricing" fraud similar to Merck's Pepcid, Viox and Zocor frauds settled in 2008. >> To read more |
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