Year: 2008

Heartwire reported on April 28, 2008 that the federal government is suing two cardiologists for their role in an alleged kickback scheme. The two are among 16 cardiologists who are alleged to have participated...

Touro Infirmary, a New Orleans hospital, will pay the United States $1.75 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice announced on April...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles filed a complaint in intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit brought against The Oaks Diagnostics, Inc., according to an April 14, 2008 press release. The...

Heartland Dental, an Illinois company that manages dental practices in several states, has agreed to pay $1.65 million to resolve allegations that it falsely billed Illinois Medicaid. The whistleblower...

WASHINGTON, DC – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, has exposed an illegal scheme where doctors have purchased illegally imported cancer drugs as a way to cut their costs and...

Protective Products International Inc. (PPI) will pay the federal government $960,000 to resolve a False Claims Act suit, the Dept. of Justice announced on April 10, 2008. The suit alleged that PPI sold...

Radiologist Fred Steinberg, M.D., his imaging centers and related entities in Palm Beach County, Fla., have agreed to pay the federal government $7 million to resolve allegations of health care fraud,...

Medicaid Dental Center of North Carolina will pay $10.05 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the United States Justice Department announced on April 9, 2008. The company was accused of billing...

BOCA RATON, LA – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, prompted an investigation into the fraudulent billing of Medicare for CT scans and other medical imaging tests that were...

HealthEssentials Solutions, Inc., a former Kentucky-based provider of geriatric care, has admitted to submitting false claims to Medicare. The company has agreed to criminal restitution of $3.1 million...