Less than a year after United States Attorney Christina E. Nolan warned electronic health records (“EHR”) companies in a DOJ press release that they “should consider themselves on notice” following a $57.25 million FCA...more
3/5/2020
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Corporate Criminal Fines ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EHR ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Settlement ,
Software ,
State Attorneys General
On June 20, 2019, more than six years after the case was first set into motion by the Relator, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced in a press release that Hart to Heart Ambulance Services, Inc....more
For those who pay close attention to FCA settlements, the January 22 press release from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York of a $60 million settlement against Walgreens related to its...more
The FCA began as a response to procurement fraud by military contractors during the Civil War. In the intervening years, its reach has extended and increasingly the government is using the FCA as a tool in the context of...more
8/16/2016
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Medical Devices ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Treble Damages