Jan 19, 2021 | False Claims Act
In a press release on January 14, the U.S. Department of Justice released its False Claims Act Statistics for Fiscal Year 2020. In total, the federal government recovered over $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases brought against...
Jan 15, 2021 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced it recently settled with durable medical equipment supplier Apria Healthcare to resolve allegations of fraudulent billing practices related to the rental of non-invasive ventilators (“NIVs”). The case was originally brought in the Southern District...
Jan 15, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
In April 2020, CG attorneys wrote about the increased risk of government scrutiny for recipients of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which initially provided over $349 billion in forgivable PPP loans to small businesses. As Congress authorized hundreds...
Jan 11, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Government Investigations, Health Care
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a permanent injunction barring Matthew Ryncarz and his companies, Fusion Health and Vitality LLC (d/b/a Pharm Origins) and Fusion Ionz LLC (also d/b/a Pharm Origins), from selling unapproved drugs. ...