False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           July 20, 2010
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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!	Elan Says It Will Settle for Over $203 Million The Elan Corporation says it has reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle a False Claims Act case dealing with the sales and marketing of Zonegran, an antiepileptic prescription medicine.  Elan has set aside $206.3 million in a litigation reserve. >>To read more
			The Payola Room New York's Medicare Fraud Strike Force busted 94 individuals who allegedly bilked approximately $78 million from American taxpayers.  According to court documents one clinic scheme was so regularized it involved a "kickback room" where Medicare beneficiaries would put their names down on a sign-in sheet and receive cash kickbacks for their false claims. Hanging on the wall of the room was an old Soviet propaganda poster depicting a woman with her finger to her lips warning in Russian, “Don’t Gossip."
			HHS Wants to Exclude Executives The Office of the Inspector General of Health and Human Services says it is finding support for legislation that would allow it to exclude any worker — past or present — found responsible for Medicare fraud.  Lew Morris, chief counsel for the Office of Inspector General (OIG), says it's time to exclude executives who greenlight massive fraud schemes under their watch.  >> To read more
			National Cardio Labs Pays $3.6 Million National Cardio Labs and DoJ have finalized a False Claims Act settlement in which the company will pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations it defrauded government health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. The whistleblowers in this case will receive $1,115,614 from the settlement. >> To read more
			Planned Parenthood Case Reinstated An appeals court has reinstated a federal whistleblowers lawsuit against Planned Parenthood affiliates in California for overbilling the state and federal governments for birth control druggs.  The ruling reverses an Oct. 30, 2008 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge A. Howard Matz which found that the whistleblower, Victor Gonzalez, a former vice-president for finance and administration of Planned Parenthood-Los Angeles, did not qualify as a whistleblower under federal law because he was not the “original source.”  >> To read more
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