Apr 1, 2025 | False Claims Act
On March 28, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Diopsys Inc., a medical device company based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to resolve allegations that it caused healthcare providers to submit claims for reimbursement to...
Mar 31, 2025 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Diopsys Inc., a medical device company based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to resolve allegations of violating the Federal False Claims Act and various state laws. According to the government, Diopsys...
Mar 30, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the “freedom from excessive fines.” In 2018, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg held that this safeguard is “fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty.” Timbs v. Indiana. And yet, it is not...
Mar 27, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
Last month, we wrote about the Trump Administration’s focus on tariffs and predicted that it would result in an increase in customs fraud cases. On March 25, the DOJ announced that a California-based importer of wood flooring and its owners agreed to pay $8.1...
Feb 28, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Back in January, we wrote about a district judge in Massachusetts who granted summary judgment in favor of a False Claims Act (FCA) defendant, ruling that the “but for” causation standard should be applied when violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)...
Feb 24, 2025 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Saad Healthcare, an Alabama corporation offering health care and hospice services, will pay $3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by submitting fraudulent claims for hospice care to Medicare. According...
