Mar 2, 2026 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On February 27, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates (AGA) had agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by receiving kickbacks from a pathology lab and performing...
Feb 26, 2026 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
On Tuesday February 24, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that an Arizona surgical hospital–Southwest Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, doing business as OASIS Hospital–as well as United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and a jointly-owned...
Jan 18, 2026 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act report, announcing that FCA settlements and judgments had exceeded $6.8B in fiscal year 2025 (ending 9/30/25), and noting that the total is “the highest in a single year in the...
Jan 15, 2026 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On January 14, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that several affiliates of Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) “by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare...
Jan 8, 2026 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid, White Collar Crime
On January 7, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that South Carolina clinical laboratory Labtech Diagnostics, and its founder and CEO had agreed to pay at least $6.8 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and various other...
