Overview of Qui Tam Activity -
..We identified 60 health care related qui tam cases that were unsealed in December 2017 and January 2018.
..The government intervened in 14% of those unsealed cases, which is consistent...more
On February 26, 2016, a federal jury in Texas returned not guilty verdicts with respect to charges brought against Vascular Solutions Inc. (“VSI”) and its CEO by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), dealing a decisive blow...more
2015 was a year of transition for the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), with the installation of a new Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and several other high-level officials. In January 2015, Andrew Weissmann...more
1/12/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HEAT ,
Medicare Fraud Strike Force ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities Fraud ,
Stark Law ,
Warner Chilcott ,
Yates Memorandum
Trends & Analysis:
..We have identified 15 health care–related qui tam cases that were unsealed since our last Qui Tam Update. Of those, 12 were filed from 2012 to the present. All but two cases had been pending more...more
10/9/2015
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Corporate Integrity Agreement ,
Declination ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employees ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Former Employee ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Overpayment ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Settlement ,
Social Security Act ,
Stark Law ,
State False Claims Acts ,
Whistleblowers
Trends & Analysis -
Since our last Qui Tam Update, we have identified 39 health-related False Claims Act (“FCA”) qui tam cases that have been unsealed. Of those cases...more
9/22/2015
/ ACOs ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Controlled Substances ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Falsified Documents ,
Former Employee ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Internal Controls ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement ,
State False Claims Acts ,
Stipulations ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
TRICARE ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care in April 2011, the now-pending nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch, stated in no uncertain terms that “fighting health...more
1/14/2015
/ Bio-Rad Laboratories ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Securities ,
Securities Fraud ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan
In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), and other federal and state agencies continued to aggressively prosecute health care fraud and related...more