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Tenet Healthcare: Medicare Thief

WEBTenet Strikes Again: Serial Offender Offers $513M FCA Settlement. In yet another health care fraud case involving Dallas-based hospital owner/operator, Tenet Healthcare Corp., …

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Tenet Healthcare Massive Kickback Scheme Settlement $84M to

WEBTenet Healthcare and Subsidiaries to Pay $513 Million: Expectant Mother Referrals Kickback Scheme. October 18, 2016. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, alongside two …

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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Will Pay $6.3 Million to Settle …

WEBWhistleblower to receive $1.5M as part of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan’s WA subsidiary settlement (formerly Group Health Cooperative) to resolve allegations that it claimed …

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Feds Join Prime Healthcare Whistleblower Karin Berntsen’s Lawsuit …

WEBRN Karin Berntsen alleges $50M in Medicare overbilling. Berntsen, a registered nurse and Director of Quality and Risk Management with Prime Healthcare’s San Diego-based …

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Bay Area Amity Faces $115M Kickback Scheme Allegations

WEBThe CEO of Amity Home Health Care, Ridhima Singh, 13 doctors, 5 nurses, a social worker, and 10 others have been charged with participating in a massive kickback …

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8 Physicians Identified in Beaumont Hospital $84.5M Illegal …

WEBDetroit’s William Beaumont Hospital system has agreed to pay $84.5 million to resolve allegations that eight physicians accepted illegal kickbacks for patient referrals in …

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Visiting Nurse Service of New York Faces Medicare & Medicaid …

WEBOctober 10, 2016. A whistleblower lawsuit has accused the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) of defrauding Medicaid and Medicare and receiving millions of dollars for …

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Health Management Associates CEO Has Agreed to Pay $3.46 …

WEBGary D. Newsome, the former CEO of Florida-headquartered hospital chain Health Management Associates LLC, has agreed to pay $3.46 million to resolve allegations …

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Lexington Medical Center $17 Million Settlement Whistleblower …

WEBThe court awarded Dr. Hammett approximately $4.5 million (just over 26%) of the $17 million settlement as a whistleblower reward as allowed under the FCA for exposing …

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Whistleblowers to Receive $2.8M from Guardian Elder Care …

WEBGuardian Elder Care Will Pay $15.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud - Whistleblowers Will Receive $2.8 Million. March 9, 2020. Guardian Elder Care Holdings …

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Recent Whistleblowers Whistleblower News Review

WEBThe Whistleblower News Review chronicles state and federal False Claims Act cases and those of their IRS and SEC progeny. We report on Deparment of Justice FCA policy, …

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Vibra Healthcare Whistleblower Sylvia Daniel $4MM Reward for …

WEBSylvia Daniel, a former health information coder at Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Michigan, will receive a whistleblower award of at least $4 million after filing a qui tam …

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Escobar Supreme Court Ruling Expands False Claims Liability

WEBJune 16, 2016. In a game-changing, unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that corporations billing government programs for payment must be in …

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Adventist Settles FCA Healthcare Whistleblower Case: $5.4 Million

WEBOncologist Michael Montejo will receive $1,082,500 of the $5.4 million settlement as the whistleblower award provided by the False Claims Act to motivate insiders to report …

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TeamHealth pays $60M on IPC Healthcare Upcoding Fraud …

WEBFebruary 27, 2017. Tennessee-based TeamHealth Holdings has agreed to pay $60 million plus interest to resolve allegations that IPC Healthcare, a company it recently acquired, …

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Durable Medical Equipment Fraud Estimates $1.5 to $5 Billion …

WEBAccording to the 2012-2021 National Health Expenditure Projections, durable medical equipment (DME) spending could surpass $50 billion by the end of 2015.For public and …

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HealthSouth Corp. Pays $48M to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

WEBJuly 30, 2019. Alabama-based Encompass Health Corporation (now HealthSouth Corp.) has agreed to pay $48 million to settle Medicare fraud allegations. According to …

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Sutter Health to Pay $45.6 Million to Settle Illegal Kickback and

WEBSutter Health to Pay $45.6 Million to Settle Illegal Kickback and Medicare Fraud Claims, Whistleblower Receives $5.9 Million Award. December 4, 2019. On November 14, …

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Kindred Healthcare Hit w/Historic $3 Million Corporate Integrity …

WEBOctober 3, 2016. Louisville-based post-acute care provider, Kindred Health Care, Inc., has paid the largest penalty ever imposed by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for …

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Broward Health Stark Kickback $69.5M Settlement: $12M FCA …

WEBOrthopedic Dr. Reilley Awarded $12M Award in $69.5M Broward Health Stark Law Settlement. Broward Health, a large public hospital system in South Florida, has agreed …

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