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...
Jun 24, 2024 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On June 20, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware announced that it filed a civil complaint against a pain management provider, the Center for Interventional Pain and Spine (CIPS) and its principal owner, Dr. Chee Woo. The lawsuit against...
Jun 24, 2024 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On June 21, the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, along with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that two Lockheed Martin wholly-owned subsidiaries — Sikorsky Support Services and Derco Aerospace...
