False Claims-Qui Tam
Read the breaking stories of fraud against government, federal programs and contracts, and about recent qui tam actions, government interventions and legislative developments.
Whistleblower Exposes Healthcare Kickback Scheme, Disclosure Led to $45 Million Settlement
Amanda Long, a former Vice President of Product Management at Modernizing Medicine Inc. (ModMed), filed a qui tam, or whistleblower, action in September 2017. She filed an amended complaint in May 2021, and the U.S. intervened in the case in...
End of October: Two Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuits Led to Big Settlements
On October 25 and 26, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two settlements that stemmed from qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act enable private citizens...
Two Whistleblowers Expose Home Healthcare Provider’s Fraudulent Medicare Billings for Therapy
For-profit home health provider Carter Healthcare LLC, along with its affiliates CHC Holdings and Carter-Florida (collectively Carter Healthcare), their President Stanley Carter and Chief Operations Officer Bradley Carter will pay $7.175 million to settle allegations that they violated the False...
Whistleblower Alleges Public Relations Firm Wrongfully Received Second PPP Loan
BVK, Inc., a public relations firm, will pay $2.25 million to settle allegations that it wrongfully received a second loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The case was brought by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act’s qui tam...
Whistleblower’s Tip Uncovered Alleged False Claims Act Violations Regarding NJ’s Special Education Medicaid Initiative
Boston-based Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) will pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The case stemmed from a qui tam whistleblower complaint filed back in 2012; as part of the settlement, the whistleblower...
Whistleblower Disclosure Uncovers Pharmaceutical Kickback Scheme, Actions Led to $900 Million Settlement
Michael Bawduniak worked for Biogen, a Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company. In April 2012, Bawduniak filed a qui tam lawsuit against Biogen: the lawsuit was amended in 2013 and 2016. Bawduniak alleged that Biogen violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback...
Historic Settlement in PPP False Claims Act Case Brought by Whistleblower
September 22 saw the first settlement of its kind: a qui tam False Claims Act case related to a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in which the U.S. government intervened. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act enable...
Whistleblower Tip Results in $7.9 Million Settlement with Pharmaceutical Company
On September 15, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit led to a $7.9 million settlement with Akorn Operating Company LLC, a pharmaceutical company. Akorn settled claims “that it caused the submission of false...
Plastic Surgeon and Medical Practice Will Pay $800,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations, Case Stemmed From a Whistleblower Complaint
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 7 that Dr. Ronald Bergman and his medical practice Bergman Cosmetic Surgery, P.C. will pay $800,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. The case stemmed from a...
Medical Equipment Manufacturer To Pay Over $24 Million for FCA Violations; Whistleblower Nets $4.3 Million
A Pittsburgh-based medical device manufacturer, Philips RS North America (formerly Respironics Inc.), will pay over $24 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks that impacted federal healthcare programs. The case was brought on by a qui tam, or whistleblower,...
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