Aug 12, 2024 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations
Last week, the DOJ announced two separate False Claims Act (FCA) settlements alleging the avoidance of import duties. Both were the result of qui tam whistleblower lawsuits. First, on August 8, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
Aug 2, 2024 | False Claims Act
On July 25, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland awarded default judgments amounting to $26,341,951 against Patrick Britton-Harr and his laboratory companies for alleged violations of the False...
Aug 2, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that the government has filed a False Claims Act (FCA) complaint against Erlanger Health System. Defendant Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, doing business as Erlanger Medical Center and Erlanger Health System, operates several...
Jul 16, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ has announced that Armstrong Group, a telecommunications company based in Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Armstrong Group allegedly violated the Federal Communications Commission’s...
Jul 10, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Guardian Health Care Inc., Gem City Home Care LLC, Care Connection of Cincinnati LLC, and Evolution Health LLC (“Companies”) will pay $4,496,330 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The Companies, which were...
Jun 25, 2024 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
The False Claims Act, with its threat of treble damages and astronomical per-claim penalties, may not have been designed to punish substandard medical care, but as a recent $15 million FCA settlement demonstrates, the line between substandard medical care and...
