Posts Tagged ‘whistleblower’
Pharma Company Pays $12.6M to Settle Charity Kickback Allegations
Another pharmaceutical company has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement to resolve allegations that it used a charity as a conduit to pay the copays of patients taking one of its drugs. Federal prosecutors alleged that Incyte Corporation of Delaware was the sole donor to an independent foundation set up in November 2011 to assist patients…
Read MoreSCOTUS Declines to Review FCA Objective Falsity Standard
The United States Supreme Court recently declined to take up two cases relating to whether a False Claims Act can go forward if the only evidence proving medical necessity are conflicting medical opinions. The plaintiffs in both cases were hoping to settle the question since courts around the country have been split on the issue.…
Read MoreSettling FCA Claim From the Great Beyond
Just because you die, it doesn’t mean you can’t be held accountable for illegal activity conducted while you were still alive, as evidenced by a recent settlement agreement announced by the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Orlando, in late January, announced that the estate of Dr. Patrick T.…
Read MorePharma Giant Pays $22M to Settle Alleged Kickback Scheme Involving Charitable Foundations
Pharma giant Biogen Inc. has become the most recent company to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using two charities to pay the co-pays of Medicare patients taking its multiple sclerosis drugs, Avonex and Tysabri. The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month that the Cambridge, Mass.-based company agreed…
Read MorePharma Giant Novartis Settles FCA Claims
Pharma giant Novartis has agreed to pay more than $642 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The company also will forfeit $38.4 million under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Statute. In the first settlement, the company agreed to pay $51.25 million to settle allegations it illegally paid the copay obligations for…
Read MoreSecond FCA Whistleblower Case Dismissed – What’s a Lawyer to Do?
For the second time in the last few weeks, a Florida district court judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a healthcare company alleging fraud. The most recent dismissal, which took place on February 6, was of a lawsuit against electronic software company Epic that alleged it had overbilled for anesthesia procedures. In dismissing…
Read MoreTenet Settles Yet Another FCA claim
Tenet Healthcare Corporation has agreed to settle yet another False Claims Act lawsuit. The healthcare giant is no stranger to such litigation, having settled a number of claims in the past few years. On Feb. 11, Tenet and its affiliated hospital, Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, agreed to pay $1.41 million to…
Read MoreDOJ Recovers $2.6B in Healthcare Fraud Settlements, Judgments in 2019
The federal government said it was making healthcare fraud a priority, and from the numbers just released by the U.S. Department of Justice, it appears to be bearing fruit. The DOJ announced last week that it recovered more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims in the…
Read MorePharma Giant to Pay $54M to Settle Whistleblower Complaint
Teva Pharmaceuticals earlier this month agreed to pay $54 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought against it by two former sales representatives. Charles Arnstein and Hossam Senousy filed suit against the Israeli-based pharmaceutical company alleging it paid speaker fees to neurologists for participation in “sham†speaker programs in exchange for their prescribing the multiple…
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