http://www.false-claims-act.com Attorneys Against Government Fraud Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:04:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en LegalNewsline.com reported on September 4, 2008, that Healthfirst will pay $35 million to the state of New York to settle claims that it violated that state’s False Claims Act. Healthfirst, the largest Medicaid Managed Care provider in New York, was alleged to have given incentives to employees based on the number ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/09/24/healthfirst/ The U.S. Department of Justice on September 15, 2008, released a settlement in which the Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has agreed to pay $74,032,565 to the United States and $14,883,883 to the State of New York to resolve claims of Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE (the U.S. military’s health insurance ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/09/23/siuh/ On August 19, 2008, the St. Petersburg Times of Florida reported an agreement between WellCare Health Plans Inc. and U.S. prosecutors for the company to pay $35.2-million as part of an ongoing Medicaid fraud investigation.  The case has yet to be settled, however, and the agreement does not inhibit the ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/09/03/wellcare/ Citibank has agreed to a settlement with the state of California for violating that state’s False Claims Act and illegally “sweeping” more than $14 million from its customers’ accounts into its general fund.  The unlawful behavior was uncovered and brought to light by a whistleblower within the company, who was ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/30/citibankc/ On August 5, 2008, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was found liable for violating the False Claims Act and breaching a contract with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC News reports that the United States was awarded $1.97 million in damages, which, under the False Claims Act, are ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/20/saic-found-liable-for-violating-false-claims-act-and-breaching-contract-with-nrc/ The U.S. Department of Justice reported the settlement of a False Claims Act case against Pratt & Whitney and a subcontractor, PCC Airfoils on August 2, 2008.  Pratt will pay $52.325 million for supplying faulty F-15 and F-14 turbine blades to the United States Air Force. According to the U.S. ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/20/prattwhitne/ On July 29, 2008, the St. Louis Business Journal reported the seizure of $24.2 million worth of unapproved drugs from a KV Pharmaceutical Company warehouse in St. Louis.  Food & Drug Administration inspectors found that KV was not complying with an enforcement notice requiring drugs in time-release format containing guaifenesin ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/20/kvdrugseizure/ The U.S. Department of Justice reported on July 26, 2008, the settlement of a False Claims Act case against CoxHealth of Springfield, Missouri.  Cox improperly billed and received payments from the Medicare trust fund, and agreed to pay $60 million to the United States in compensation.  It was also alleged ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/20/coxhealthoverbill/ On August 11, 2008, the Department of Justice announced a $2.1 million settlement to be paid by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBS-T) to the United States. BCBS-T, which operates as Riverbend Government Benefit Administrators, agreed to the settlement in response to allegations of its violating the False Claims Act.  The allegations ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/08/20/bluecrossblueshieldtennessee/ The Medicaid Dental Center (MDC), a corporation in North Carolina that owned a chain of dental clinics under the name of Smile Starters and Carolina Dental Center, has agreed to pay $10,000,050 to the federal government and to the State of North Carolina for Medicaid fraud allegations. MDC is owned ... http://www.false-claims-act.com/2008/04/16/dental-services-fraud/