Dec 11, 2025 | Criminal Matters, False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire announced that telehealth company LifeWorks Counseling Associates and its owner Dr. David Ferruolo had agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False...
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...
Jul 13, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
Back in December 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO-SDNY) announced that it had filed a lawsuit under the False Claims Act (FCA) against CVS Health and its subsidiary, Omnicare, “for fraudulently billing...
