DePuy Synthes, Inc. Agrees to Pay $9.75 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Kickbacks Paid to Massachusetts Orthopedic Surgeon
Medical device manufacturer DePuy Synthes, Inc. (DePuy), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve...
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Healthcare billing fraud: 13 recent cases
From a Florida physician getting 20 years in prison for the “largest ever” case of its kind, to a New York...
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Mayo Clinic Resolves Another Data Breach Lawsuit
The Mayo Clinic has apparently settled another lawsuit stemming from a data breach by a former Mayo Clinic employee. The lawsuit...
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U.S. Supreme Court to weigh key standard in whistleblower fraud cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider reviving two lawsuits accusing pharmacy operators of overbilling government health insurance programs...
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Nursing Home Employee Wins $1.2 Million in Forced Resignation Case
A jury has awarded $1.2 million to a former nurse at a Palms nursing home who said she was forced to...
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Alabama Medical Billing Company Pays $153K to Resolve False Claims Allegations
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S....
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Health system to pay patients $4K each for data breach
Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services has agreed to pay victims of a 2021 data breach up to $4,000...
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3 recent self-disclosed fraud settlements involving hospitals
Three hospitals or health systems agreed to settle self-reported fraud claims in November and December, according to the HHS Office of...
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SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Defendant Charged in $43 Million Tribal Bonds Scheme
On January 10, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final consent judgment...
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Home Health-Care Firms Must Pay $6 Million for Kickback Ploy (1)
Anti-kickback statute violation established June 2021Whistleblower gets maximum share under FCAIllinois home health-care companies must pay nearly $6 million for violating...
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