LTC pharmacy AlixaRx settles whistleblower case for $2.75M
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Danielle Brown
May 13, 2021
Texas-based long-term care pharmacy provider AlixaRx will pay $2.75 million to settle allegations that it wrongly dispensed controlled substances without valid prescriptions at long-term care facilities.
Virginia facility pays $90k to settle lawsuit alleging it denied deaf resident admission over extra needs
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Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2021
A Virginia skilled nursing provider accused of denying a resident admission because she was deaf has settled a federal disability lawsuit for $90,000, the Department of Justice announced this week.
80-year-old hospice administrator gets 2½-year sentence, $2.1M fine for vast Medicare fraud
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2021
The elderly administrator of a California hospice agency has been ordered to pay more than $2.1 million after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a sprawling $28 million scheme.
DOJ probe on states’ nursing home policies draws criticism
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Danielle Brown
Sep 04, 2020
The Department of Justice is being accused of deploying a partisan attack in an effort to humiliate Democratic governors after it announced a potential probe into four state’s controversial nursing home...
Preferred Care settles for $540,000 in whistleblower upcoding case
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2018
Nursing home chain Preferred Care agreed to settle False Claims Act charges for $540,000, the Department of Justice has announced.
Former Florida health official sentenced for leaking ‘surprise’ inspection info for cash
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 19, 2017
A 30-year employee of the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration took bribes in exchange for providing confidential information about survey dates, prosecutors say.
HCR ManorCare ‘vindicated’ as DOJ announces plan to drop lawsuit
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Nov 09, 2017
The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a motion to drop a False Claims Act lawsuit it had joined against HCR ManorCare in 2015.
Judge orders DOJ to pay legal fees for HCR ManorCare in rehab claims case
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Nov 06, 2017
The Department of Justice will have to pay HCR ManorCare legal fees after a judge slammed its handling of a whistleblower case against the provider.
DOJ joins Omnicare lawsuit over alleged Abbott Depakote kickbacks
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 31, 2014
The Justice Department has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc., alleging the pharmaceutical giant received millions in kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories over a 10-year period.
$1.3 million settlement marks second recent deal over SNF supervision of therapy providers
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2014
A Maryland nursing home company has agreed to a $1.3 million settlement over charges that it did not prevent overbilling by its contracted therapy provider, federal authorities announced Monday. This is...