Millennium Health, formerly known as Millennium Laboratories, grew to be the largest Medicare Part B biller in the country, receiving $630 million from Medicare for…
Read More »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently delivered an opening statement at the Senate Committee of Finance hearing examining how improper payments (including overpayments…
Read More »Medicare regulations require long-term care nursing facilities to contract with a consultant pharmacist to review the propriety of resident medications on a monthly basis. Given…
Read More »For years, the Justice Department has cracked down on kickbacks flowing between healthcare providers. Now, increasingly, the government is scrutinizing alleged kickbacks lining the pockets…
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Consistent with the specific exemption under HIPAA, the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Arkansas has ruled that healthcare whistleblowers did not…
Read More »In October 2011, Nolan Auerbach & White announced the $7.5 million settlement of its client's False Claims Act qui tam action, alleging that Select Medical paid…
Read More »Medical residents are a coveted commodity for teaching hospitals. The federal government's Graduate Medical Education Program pays millions of dollars in grant money to freestanding…
Read More »In April 2014, All Children’s Hospital, et al. agreed to pay $7 million to resolve a False Claims Act qui tam action, which alleged that…
Read More »DOJ filed a False Claims Act complaint-in-intervention against HCR ManorCare alleging that ManorCare knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare for rehabilitation…
Read More »In April 2015, Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) agreed to pay $20 million to the federal government to resolve a False Claims Act case…
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