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Health Insurers Make It Easy for Scammers to Steal Millions. Who Pays? You.
Health insurers are regarded as fierce defenders of healthcare dollars. But the case of David Williams shows one reason America's...
RB Group to Pay $1.4B to Settle Criminal, Civil Probes of Opioid Marketing
The England-based company denies any wrongdoing and said the settlement 'is in the best interests of the company and its...
Encompass Health to Pay $48M to Settle False Claims Allegations
Federal prosecutors said the company allegedly submitted false diagnoses to maintain its status as a Medicare IRF and get a...
Pain Management Doc Allegedly Took Bribes, Kickbacks to Prescribe Fentanyl
Sun allegedly received $140,000 in bribes and kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics in exchange for prescribing more than 28 million micrograms...
Innovation
IBM to Pay $14.8M to Settle False Claims Allegations
Big Blue and subsidiary Cúram Software allegedly made promises about their IT platform capabilities that they couldn't back up.
Hospital Developers Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Act Allegation
DOJ said the developers of the 106-bed Lakeway (Texas) Regional Medical Center 'participated in a scheme to improperly obtain the...
His Latest False Claims Case is Settled, but this Kansas Doc is Still Fighting the DOJ
A cardiologist with a history of False Claims Act settlements says the federal government is abusing the whistleblower process.
Rialto Capital, Former Affiliate to Pay $3.6M to Settle Kickback Allegations
Rialto allegedly directed Clarksville, Indiana-based Kentuckiana Medical Center to offer personal loans to two referring doctors but never asked them...
Generic Drug Maker Heritage Pharmaceuticals Admits to Price Fixing
The Eatontown, New Jersey-based company will pay $7.1 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations, and will cooperate with an...
Kansas Doc Pays $5.8M to Settle Third False Claims Act Case in 20 Years
Joseph P. Galichia MD, the former owner of Wichita-based Galichia Medical Group PA, had reached FCA settlements with the federal...
Strategy
Don't Ignore Intermountain's Long-Shot Bid to Deflate the False Claims Act
There are important lessons to be learned from the case, even though the nonprofit health system has signaled it expects...
Strategy
Intermountain to Settle False Claims Dispute Pending Before Supreme Court
In the likely event that the settlement is finalized, the nonprofit health system plans to back away from its pending...