Federal appeals court affirms $111 million jury award to Government in whistleblower case for kickbacks by blood testing diagnostic laboratories

A federal jury has awarded the Government $111 million against two blood testing labs and their sales consultants were hit with a $111 million for knowing and willful violations of the Antikickback statute and False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729) (FCA). Blood testing labs Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL) and Singulex entered into exclusive...
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Financial statement indicating medicare fraud.

What is Medicare Fraud?

Medicare fraud is the practice of billing Medicare for reimbursement to which a claimant is not legally entitled. Medicare fraud is routinely committed by healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, medical teams, and healthcare facilities. Medicare fraud negatively affects taxpayers, the government, and the healthcare system as a whole, which is why the government encourages those with...
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Laboratory company pays $17million settling False Claims Act case alleging fraudulently billing Medicare for medically unnecessary feces tests

Genova Diagnostics, A laboratory company will pay the government $10 Million for allegedly tested patients' feces unnecessarily and billed the federal government, leading to charges of Medicare fraud. Now, they'll pay between $17-43 million to settle those allegations and others, according to the Department of Justice.  A lawsuit filed in federal court alleged Genova improperly...
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Newman Law Offices False Claims Act whistleblower case against nursing home chain Saber Healthcare settles for $10 Million

The nursing home chain, Saber Healthcare Group LLC, and related entities, (Saber) have agreed to pay $10 million to settle a whistleblower case alleging that Saber violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing certain of its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not...
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Jeff Newman Law discusses the most common types of medicare fraud.

Common Types of Medicare Fraud

Medicare fraud, which is a widespread problem in the United States, occurs when an individual, medical team, pharmaceutical company, or healthcare facility claims reimbursement for services to which they aren't entitled. This practice costs the government and taxpayers billions of dollars each year, which is why the government requests that people report...
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U.S. Government joins healthcare fraud suit against Omnicare and CVS for billing invalid prescriptions to elderly and disabled

[T]he United States has filed a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against OMNICARE, INC., and its parent company, CVS HEALTH CORPORATION.  The Government’s Complaint seeks damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act for fraudulently billing federal healthcare programs for hundreds of thousands of non-controlled prescription drugs dispensed based on stale, invalid...
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