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Rush University Medical Center to Pay More than $1.5 Million

by Nolan and Auerbach on March 30, 2010

Rush University Medical Center has agreed to pay $1,547,200 plus interest to resolve allegations that the facility violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced March 9, 2010. Rush is alleged to have submitted false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2007 by entering into certain leasing arrangements for [...]

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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to Pay $6.35 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

by Nolan and Auerbach on March 22, 2010

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, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced March 19, 2010. Two lawsuits filed against the Hamilton, N.J., facility alleged that the hospital fraudulently inflated its charges to Medicare patients to [...]

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Physicians Snared By Growing Medicare Fraud Strike Team

by admin on July 15, 2009

Marcella Auerbach was quoted by Amy Lynn Sorrel in her article “Physicians snared by growing Medicare fraud strike team,” which appeared in the July 6 online edition of American Medical News. The article discussed the announcement by the Department of Justice and Health & Human Services that criminal charges were filed against 53 doctors and [...]

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