September 12, 2005
TransTechnology settles False Claims Act suit for $1.1 million
TransTechnology, a manufacturer of lifting devices for civilian and military aircraft, has announced the settlement of a False Claims Act suit that alleged that it made false certifications to the United...
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September 08, 2005
Pharmacy benefit manager will pay $137.5 million to resolve fraud allegations
AdvancePCS, a subsidiary of Caremark RX, has agreed to pay $137.5 million to resolve a civil suit that alleged it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturers and paid kickbacks to...
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September 01, 2005
Eisenhower Med. Center pays $8 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit
Eisenhower Medical Center has paid the federal government $8 million in settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit, which alleged the southern California hospital fraudulently overbilled Medicare and other...
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August 30, 2005
Whistleblower suit against Caremark expands
The Medicaid fraud suit against Caremark, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, could have damages in excess of $500 million, according to a newly expanded whistleblower suit. Five...
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August 26, 2005
California sues drug makers on behalf of Medi-Cal
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit against 39 pharmaceutical companies, alleging they manipulated prices to artificially increase the reimbursement rate paid by the state’s Medicad...
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August 22, 2005
University of Illinois to pay $2.5 million in settlement of whistle-blower lawsuits
The University of Illinois has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle lawsuits brought by a whistle-blower who accused the university of fraud in its transplant program. The whistle-blower is the former...
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August 22, 2005
Florida imaging centers accused of defrauding Medicare
University MRI, a chain of medical imaging centers in Boca Raton, have been accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of defrauding Medicare. United States agents, investigating charges that the chain overbilled...
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August 15, 2005
Visiting Physicians face Medicare inquiry
The nation’s largest physician house-call group is being investigated by federal authorities in Ohio on suspicion of defrauding Medicare. A criminal inquiry is proceeding and federal prosecutors...
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August 12, 2005
Mass. AG investigates allegations of substandard Big Dig concrete
Federal and Massachusetts prosecutors are investigating allegations that Aggregate Industries, the largest supplier of concrete to the Big Dig, delivered substandard concrete to the $14.6 billion project....
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August 10, 2005
Mount Vernon Hospital to pay $2.65 million in settlement of fraud claims
Mount Vernon Hospital, of Westchester County, New York, will pay $2.65 million to settle charges that it participated in an illegal Medicaid referral scheme involving kickbacks for patients who sought...
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