Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (“HII”), a military services contractor headquartered in Newport, Virginia, agreed today to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by over-billing the Department of Defense (“DoD”) for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in…
This week, New Jersey-based PHH Corp. announced it settled with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to resolve the allegations brought forth by a whistleblower concerning fraudulent mortgage origination and underwriting practices. To resolve the allegations, the company will pay approximately $75 million to the DOJ. PHH added that the settlement agreements cover…
LAZ Parking (“LAZ”), hired by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) to operate and manage parking lots in Greater Boston, will pay $5.6 million to settle allegations that it failed to detect and deter theft of millions of dollars of cash revenue belonging to the MBTA. LAZ owns or operates…
Federal prosecutors announced a multi-million-dollar settlement today with The Medical Center of Central Georgia and Navicent Health (“Navicent”) over alleged False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations. Under the terms of the settlement, Navicent has agreed to pay to the United States and the State of Georgia $2,549,742 to resolve allegations that…
In 2013, a False Claims Act (“FCA”) complaint against Vanderbilt Medical Center (“VUMC’) was unsealed in Federal Court in Nashville, Tennessee. The complaint, originally filed by doctors-turned-whistleblowers, accused the hospital of deceptive billing practices dating back to the 1990s. One of the plaintiff-doctors was appointed to the hospital’s compensation committee,…
Celgene Corporation, a pharmaceuticals manufacturer headquartered in Summit, New Jersey will pay $280 million to settle fraud allegations related to the “off-label” promotion of two cancer treatment drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Celgene is a biopharmaceutical company involved primarily in the development of…
Dr. James Norman, the owner and operator of the Norman Parathyroid Center has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by knowingly engaging in various unlawful billing practices with respect to Medicare and other federal health care programs and their beneficiaries.…
Foundations Health Solutions (“FHS”), Olympia Therapy (“Olympia”), and Tridia Hospice Care (“Tridia”), Ohio-based healthcare companies, and their executives, Brian Colleran and Daniel Parker, recently agreed to pay approximately $19.5 million to resolve allegations relating to the the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary therapy and end-of-life hospice services to…
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the United States has settled fraud allegations against Prospect Mortgage Company (“Prospect”) branching from Prospect’s enrollment and participation in the Direct Endorsement Lender Program (“DE program”). These claims settle allegations of False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations. The False Claims Act is a…
Remote heart monitoring companies agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) $13.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by billing Medicare for higher, more expensive, levels of cardiac monitoring services than requested by physicians. The settlement resolves allegations that the companies “up-charged”…