9 latest False Claims Act settlements

The following hospitals, health systems and healthcare providers entered into settlement agreements to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act since Feb. 1.

1. 51 hospitals pay $23M for alleged overuse of cardiac devices
The Department of Justice inked a deal for more than $23 million with 51 hospitals across the nation — including Cleveland Clinic and San Francisco-based Dignity Health hospitals — to settle False Claims Act allegations related to the implantation of cardiac devices in Medicare patients.

2. Adventist Health System to pay $2M for allegedly giving leftover chemo to patients
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare agreed to pay the federal government $2.09 million to resolve allegations that patients at one of its hospitals were administered leftover portions of single-dose vials of chemotherapy drugs. Adventist self-disclosed some of the improper acts to the federal government, and a former Adventist employee brought the remaining allegations in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act.

3. NJ physician accused of submitting false claims settles for $5.25M
A Westfield, N.J.-based physician, Labib E. Riachi, MD, agreed to pay the federal government $5.25 million to resolve allegations that he and two of his companies fraudulently billed federal healthcare programs for tests that were never provided.

4. Pfizer's Wyeth unit to pay $784.6M to settle False Claims Act violations
Pfizer's Wyeth unit agreed to pay a $784.6 million settlement for cases related to the calculation of Medicaid rebates for a gastric drug sold between 2001 and 2006.

5. Vermont physician pays $500k to settle false claims allegations
Gamal H. Eltabbakh, MD, of Lake Champlain Gynecologic Oncology in Burlington, Vt., paid the federal government and the state of Vermont $500,000 to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.

6. 4 physicians, 2 pharmacies allegedly bilked $10M from military's healthcare program
Four physicians and two compounding pharmacies agreed to pay the federal government a total of approximately $10 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to TRICARE.

7. Rose Radiology settles false claims allegations for $8.7M
Rose Radiology Centers in Tampa, Fla., agreed to pay the federal government $8.71 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.

8. Norwalk Hospital to pay nearly $920k to settle false claims allegations
Norwalk Hospital in Fairfield County, Conn., agreed to pay the federal government $920,000 to settle accusations that it falsely billed Medicare while treating patients for osteoporosis.

9. Memorial University Medical Center reaches $9.89M false billing settlement
Memorial Health University Medical Center and its affiliates in Savannah, Ga., agreed to pay more than $9.89 million to settle unlawful referral allegations brought under the whistle-blower provision of the False Claims Act.

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