Jun 13, 2024 | False Claims Act
Richard Hall, former owner of Rxpress Pharmacy and Xpress Compounding, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for his role in an illegal kickback scheme that involved the submission of false claims to TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor, which...
Jun 5, 2024 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) has long been one of the federal government’s most powerful tools when it comes to healthcare fraud and abuse. Not only is the AKS a felony statute, imposing a sentence of up to ten years in prison per violation, but a violation of...
Jun 3, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Daniel Hurt, owner and/or operator of Fountain Health Services LLC, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics LLC, First Choice Laboratory LLC, and Sonoran Desert Pathology Associates LLC, will pay $27 million to resolve allegations of violating the...
May 17, 2024 | False Claims Act
The Department of Justice filed a complaint against Study Across the Pond, LLC and its principal, John Borhaug, (“SAPT”) for allegedly violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”). While we typically hear about FCA violations in the health care space, the DOJ is alleging...
May 14, 2024 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act
On May 13, the Department of Justice announced that now-bankrupt financial technology company Kabbage Inc. (d/b/a KServicing) has agreed to pay $120 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by “knowingly submitting...
May 13, 2024 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Baptist Health System, a Florida-based hospital system, agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by offering improper discounts to federal health care...
