Midtown Imaging And Former Owners Midtown Imaging P.A. And PBC Medical Imaging Agree to Pay $3m to Resolve Allegations That the Clinic Violated the False Claims Act

Midtown Imaging LLC, a radiology clinic, and its former owners Midtown Imaging P.A. and PBC Medical Imaging have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that the clinic violated the False Claims Act. The West Palm Beach clinic is alleged to have...

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Pay $421.2m to Settle False Claims Act Cases

Abbott Laboratories Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc. and Roxane Laboratories Inc. n/k/a Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and affiliated entities have agreed to pay $421 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department has announced. These...

Southern California Medical Center to Pay $2.2m to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare.

Husband And Wife Plead Guilty in $13.7 Million HIV Infusion Clinic Fraud Scheme

Miami-area husband and wife Modesto and Victoria de la Vega have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a $13.7 million HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services...

Mobil Oil Companies Agree to Pay $32.2m to Resolve Underpaid Royalties Allegations

Mobil Natural Gas Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. and their affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas...

New Jersey Hospital to Pay $6.35m to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, a New Jersey-based hospital, has agreed to pay $6.35 million to settle allegations that the hospital defrauded Medicare. Two lawsuits filed against the Hamilton, N.J., facility alleged that the hospital...

Chicago Hospital Agrees to Pay More Than $1.5m in Medicare False Claims Act Allegations

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago has agreed to pay $1,547,200 plus interest to resolve allegations that the facility violated the False Claims Act. Rush is alleged to have submitted false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2007 by...

$4m to Settle Lawsuit in Connection with Sale of Defective Bullet-Proof Vests

Lincoln Fabrics Ltd., a Canadian weaver of ballistic fabrics, and its American subsidiary, have agreed to pay the United States $4 million to settle the United States’ lawsuit against Lincoln for violations of the False Claims Act in connection with...

Wheaton Community Hospital to Pay U.S. to Resolve Allegations of False Claims

Wheaton Community Hospital, the City of Wheaton, Minn. and Dr. Stanley Gallagher (collectively WCH) have agreed to pay $846,461 to settle allegations that their hospital admission practices violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department has announced.