U.S. Files New Complaint Against City Of Los Angeles and a Former...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 The United States late yesterday filed a complaint in intervention against the City of Los Angeles and the CRA/LA (formerly the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of...
View ArticleSt. Agnes Healthcare Agrees To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Of...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Baltimore, Maryland – St. Agnes Healthcare has agreed to pay the United States $122,928 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act...
View ArticleMylan Agrees to Pay $465 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
Thursday, August 17, 2017 Mylan Underpaid Medicaid Rebates on EpiPen BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that pharmaceutical companies Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. have agreed to...
View ArticleUnited States Recovers More Than $12 Million In False Claims Act Settlements...
Monday, August 21, 2017 United States will also pursue claims against Precision Lens, Paul Ehlen and Dr. Jitendra Swarup Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced that Sightpath...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Family Practice Chain, Its Co-Owner, and Its Laboratory...
Monday, September 11, 2017 Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina LLC (FMC), has agreed to pay the United States $1.56 million, and FMC’s principal owner and former chief executive officer, Dr....
View ArticleGalena Biopharma Inc. to Pay More Than $7.55 Million to Resolve Alleged False...
Friday, September 8, 2017 Galena Biopharma Inc. (Galena) will pay more than $7.55 million to resolve allegations under the civil False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to...
View ArticleConnecticut Substance Abuse Treatment Provider Pays $627K to Settle False...
Thursday, September 7, 2017 United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that a Connecticut substance abuse treatment provider and its former...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk Agrees to Pay $58 Million for Failure to Comply with...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Payments Resolve Allegations Highlighted in DOJ Civil Complaint and Recently Unsealed Whistleblower Actions Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Novo Nordisk Inc. will pay $58.65...
View ArticleNational Dental Clinic Chain to Pay $1.3 Million to Resolve Allegations of...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced today that Dental Dreams, LLC, a national dental chain with locations in...
View ArticleFormer Janesville Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
Friday, September 1, 2017 Madison, Wis. – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mark Johnson, 55, Janesville, Wis., was sentenced...
View ArticleCHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and CHRISTUS Health to Pay...
Friday, September 1, 2017 CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center (St. Vincent) and its partner, CHRISTUS Health (CHRISTUS), have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims...
View ArticleCCC’s: It’s Time For an Antitrust Whistleblower Statute
October 26, 2017 by Robert Connolly Leave a Comment Kimberly Justice and I have written an article arguing that it is time for an “Antitrust Whistleblower Statute.” The article was published in Global...
View ArticleNew York Hospital Operator Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Settle Alleged False...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 MediSys Health Network Inc., which owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, two hospitals in Queens, New York, has...
View ArticleCCC’s: Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017 Voted Out of Committee
November 2, 2017 by Robert Connolly Leave a Comment The Grassley/Leahy Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017 was unanimously voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning and will...
View ArticleCCC’s: It Is Time For An Antitrust Whistleblower Statute–Part 2
Objections to an Antitrust Whistleblower Statute The idea of an antitrust whistleblower is not new, but it has never gained much traction in the past. There have been significant objections, or at...
View ArticleCCC’s: It Is Time for an Antitrust Whistleblower Statute–Part 3
November 14, 2017 by Robert Connolly Leave a Comment This is Part Three of a four-part series of posts by myself and colleague Kimberly Justice on “It Is Time for an Antitrust Whistleblower Statute.”...
View ArticleWestern New York Contractors and Two Owners to Pay More Than $3 Million to...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Alden, New York-based contractors, Zoladz Construction Company Inc. (ZCCI), Arsenal Contracting LLC (Arsenal), and Alliance Contracting LLC (Alliance), along with two owners,...
View ArticleCCC’s: Top Comments on Antitrust Whistleblower Posts
November 20, 2017 by Robert Connolly 1 Comment I’ve received several comments on the idea of an Antitrust Whistleblower Statute. Some of the top comments are: Didn’t you retire? No. Well, you...
View ArticleChemed Corp. and Vitas Hospice Services Agree to Pay $75 Million to Resolve...
Monday, October 30, 2017 Chemed Corporation and various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, have agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a...
View ArticleUnited States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Compounding Pharmacy,...
Friday, February 23, 2018 The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), a compounding pharmacy located in Pompano Beach,...
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