On Monday, June 6, 2016, a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit brought against a Kentucky ambulance company was unsealed. The whistleblower, Darrell McIntosh, is the owner of McIntosh Ambulance Services. During the course of conducting business in Breathitt County, Kentucky, McIntosh became aware of a competitor ambulance company, Arrow-Med, and…
A teenager who died after receiving mental healthcare services from unlicensed and underqualified professionals is the impetus behind a False Claims Act lawsuit handled by Greene, LLP on behalf of the late Yarushka Rivera. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The United States Office of the Solicitor…
On October 19, 2015, Greene LLP announced the resolution of False Claims Act claims against Millennium Health, LLC in a settlement reached with the United States. The settlement, likely to exceed $231 million once interest is calculated, brought to an end the whistleblower suit initiated by Greene LLP and client…
PharMerica Corporation has settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations agreeing to pay the United States $9.25 million. The allegations had accused PharMerica of taking kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories Inc. in order to increase the use of the seizure prevention drug Depakote with the patients in their nursing homes. The presence…
Earlier this month, the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York decided for Schindler Elevator Corporation after more than a decade of prolonged litigation. The ten years of back and forth litigation included both a trip to the Second Circuit and one to the Supreme Court in…
Adventist Health System has agreed to pay the government $115 million in order to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Stark Law. The suit alleged that fraud was committed against the government when Adventist paid its doctors excessive sums in compensation for patient referrals. It…
Walter Investment Management Corporation has agreed to settle a False Claims Act (FCA) allegation for $29.63 million. It was alleged that Walter Investment had been submitting false claims to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for years. These submissions were made by three subsidiaries of Walter Investment…
Retail Giant Kmart Corporation has agreed to settle, at a cost of $1.4 million, allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly and illegally inducing Medicare beneficiaries to fill their prescriptions at pharmacies within their retail stores. Kmart, a unit of Sears Holdings Corp, is a major…
The Fifth Circuit reversed the decision of the district court, which had ruled that further discovery was prohibited by Rule 9(b) of the False Claims Act (FCA). The holding will allow whistleblower’s Cori and Kerrri Rigsby to continue searching for fraud committed by State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. against…
A pair of Missouri health care providers have agreed to pay the United States $5.5 million to settle a False Claims Act (FCA) suit. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had alleged that Mercy Health Springfield Communities and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities violated the FCA by offering bonuses to doctors who…