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1. Florida pain clinic to pay $7.4M for Medicare fraud - “A company that runs pain clinics in northeast Florida will pay the federal government $7.4 million
CJ Wolf
We’ve highlighted the significance of this case in previous webinars and blog posts, but now we know that it’s at least $3 million dollars more significant than it was before.
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1. The United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuit - The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.,
CJ Wolf
A review of court records shows that the government alleges that Prime Healthcare implemented practices and procedures that would lead
CJ Wolf
In January of 2012, Collen Herren, former clinical nursing director for specialty clinics at Marshall Medical Center (Placerville, CA), filed a lawsuit (Case 2:12 -cv-00098-JAM-KJN) under the False Claims Act
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You’ve probably memorized the range of civil monetary penalties that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) can assess in conjunction with settlements under the False Claims Act. That amount has been a minimum of $5,500 to a maximum of $11,000.
CJ Wolf
Tuomey, a community-based hospital in South Carolina, and the US government, recently resolved a False Claims Act judgement that resulted in a whopping $72 million dollar settlement.
It all started in 2005 when a physician at Tuomey decided to blow the whistle.
