Year: 2006

General Electric Co. and two of its subcontractors have paid $11.5 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit that alleged that GE sold defective engine parts to the U.S. military. The parts were used in military...

Marion County Medical Center in Marion County, S.C. will pay $3.75 million to the federal government to resolve charges that it submitted false claims to government health care programs. The allegations...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that Medtronic’s Sofamor Danek Division will pay $40 million to settle allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. The suit,...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo, N.Y., the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service are investigating charges that National Air Cargo overcharged the government by millions of dollars....

Gabelli, affiliates settle fraud suit for $130 million By Paul Davies The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2006 NEW YORK — Money manager Mario Gabelli and his affiliated companies agreed to pay $130...

The U.S. Justice Department announced that Odyssey HealthCare has paid the government $12.9 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare. The statement said that Odyssey...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced in a July 13, 2006 press release that Mario Gabelli and affiliated entities will pay $130 million to settle charges he defrauded the Federal Communications Commission....

Modern Healthcare reports that the recent settlements by Tenet Healthcare and St. Barnabas Health Care System may be only the start of a flurry of hospital settlements. Tenet and St. Barnabas settled False...

Highmark, Inc., a Pennsylvania insurance company, has entered into an agreement with the federal government to resolve allegations that it underpaid amounts due for care of certain Medicare beneficiaries....

Stryker Corp., an artificial joint manufacturer, and the Center for Neurosciences, Orthopedics & Spine have agreed to pay $345,000 to the Medicare Trust Fund to settle a federal kickback case., the...