The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced yesterday that “[a] major U.S. hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries will pay over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud…
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False Claims Act, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medicare, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower award
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced Wednesday that another 51 hospitals have settled with the government to wrap up a Medicare fraud suit filed under the False Claims Act. In 2008, the government began a federal probe sparked by allegations…
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False Claims Act, medical fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower award
The whistleblower in a 2008 qui tam case filed against medical waste company Stericycle under the False Claims Act will receive almost $5.7 million as her share of the settlement. Stericycle Inc, a medical waste disposal company, settled a qui…
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After almost a decade, a Louisiana-based shipyard, Bollinger Shipyards, has agreed to pay the federal government $8.5 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. The suit claims that Bollinger misrepresented the longitudinal strength of ships that the company was…
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