Nov 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 17, 2025, the DOJ announced that knee implant manufacturer Aesculap agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) that it sold a knee-replacement device (the VEGA System Knee System) which it alleged the company knew...
Nov 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On November 17, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that CVS Pharmacy had agreed to pay $18,282,280 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the California’s False Claims Act by billing the...
Oct 5, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 26, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that device manufacturer Semler Scientific had agreed to pay nearly $30 million, and its former distributor Bard Peripheral Vascular had agreed to pay an additional $7.2 million, in connection with the...
Sep 17, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 16, 2025, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that knee implant manufacturer Exactech Inc. had agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The press release...
Sep 9, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a report expressing “major” fraud, waste, and abuse concerns related to skin substitutes billed to Medicare Part B. According to...
Aug 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
We write frequently about the federal False Claims Act (FCA), which is the federal government’s most powerful civil fraud fighting tool. Healthcare providers, government contractors, and any other business that submits claims for reimbursement to the federal...