Category: Stark Anti-Kickback
The Inspector General’s Strategic Plan for 2020-2025
In addition to fighting fraud, HHS-OIG performs a myriad of other functions that are worth mentioning. In its Strategic Plan for 2025, it articulated a...
OIG Is the Fulcrum in the Fight Against HSS Program Fraud
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) provides over $1 trillion in health and human services to the American people. Every day, more...
Paying Physicians to Draw Blood and Process Samples Can Be an Illegal Kickback – U.S. V. Mallory
In U.S. v. Mallory, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a recent opinion regarding violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and involving Medicare Fraud. ...
Whistleblower Motivations
Nolan Auerbach & White 3 named partners themselves have collectively has represented the interests of whistleblowers for over 50 years! Thousands of potential healthcare whistleblowers...
DOJ Recovers Funds from Physician Who Allegedly Received Kickbacks
Last year, medical device maker CareFusion agreed to pay the government $40.1 million to settle False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that it paid kickbacks to...
Daiichi Sankyo Whistleblower Case Returns Over $39 Million to the Government
We recently announced that Daiichi Sankyo had agreed to pay $39, 015, 770 plus interest to resolve our client’s lawsuit. The qui tam case was...
Seven Whistleblowers Team up to Blow the Whistle on Neurosurgeon and Medical Device Supplier for Allegedly Violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute
First brought to the attention of the government in January 2012 by a qui tam lawsuit filed by several physicians, and others, the Justice Department...
Is Pharma Saying Goodbye to China?
How do you say goodbye in Chinese? In Mandarin, it’s pronounced “zài jiàn.” In a recent news article, China’s crackdown on GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) could signal broad...
More to Come on the Heels of Tenet Healthcare Payout?
A 2009 False Claims Act complaint accused Tenet of hospital fraud by paying kickbacks to doctors based on referrals. As the result, the complaint contends...