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Surgeon To Serve 6.5 Years In Prison And Could Pay More Than $60 Million Related To FCA Allegations

May 30, 2023 | False Claims Act

On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Vasso Godiali, a Michigan vascular surgeon, was sentenced to 6.5 years (80 months) in prison following a plea agreement.  Dr. Godiali pled guilty to defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers by...

Georgia Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss False Claims Act Suit Over Medical Kickback Scheme

May 30, 2023 | False Claims Act

On May 25, 2023, U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker denied motions to dismiss a False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit brought by two whistleblowers over an alleged medical kickback scheme. The whistleblowers filed a qui tam suit in the Southern District of Georgia in 2018,...

Court Enters $487 Million Judgment Against Precision Lens and Owner for Illegal Kickbacks

May 17, 2023 | False Claims Act

On Monday, May 15, 2023, U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright entered judgment against Defendants Precision Lens and its owner Paul Ehlen in the amount of $487 million for violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). In February...

Improper Billing for Mid-Level Services Results in Agreement to Pay 560k To Settle FCA Allegations

May 17, 2023 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations

On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announces that a hospital and hospitalist group agreed to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA).   The settlement resolved federal and state allegations.  According to the press release, between...

LabCorp Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $2.1 Million

May 10, 2023 | False Claims Act

Last month, Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) agreed to settle allegations that it overbilled the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for genetic tests performed by GeneDx, LLC (GeneDx), a third party laboratory used by LabCorp to perform genetic testing for...

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Preserve “Subjective Belief” Theory of Liability in FCA Cases

May 3, 2023 | False Claims Act

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on two consolidated cases from the Seventh Circuit, U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, regarding the proper scienter standard in False Claim Act (“FCA”)...
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