A former loan officer for Bank of America has sued the company for taking money from borrowers who were seeking to refinance their mortgages and then failing to follow through by actually processing the applications. Linda Langlois, 58, began working for the Bank in August, 2009, and processed several applications for refinances daily,
Universal Health Services, one of the nation’s largest healthcare management companies, is embroiled in a suit pending in Sacramento County, California related to allegations brought by private whistleblowers under California’s False Claims Act that the company bilked the state of public money through special education schools the company owns. According to the allegations,
Maryland Lieutenant Governer, Anthony Brown, presently campaigning with Martin O’Malley for re-election this fall, announced that the state’s health department has uncovered $26 million in fraud and waste within the state’s Medicaid program for fiscal year 2010. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has recovered fraudulently obtained funds of approximately $100 million since FY 2006,
On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The law provides sweeping new consumer protections in the form of ending certain predatory consumer lending and providing stricter regulatory oversight of consumer credit mortgages. Further, the new law seeks to halt “over the counter”
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the Israeli generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, has settled, for $169 million, claims pending against it in Texas, California and Florida related to overpricing of its pharmaceutical products. Under the scheme, Teva had provided the drugs at issue to private pharmacies including Walgreens and Wal-Mart at steeply discounted rates, but reported higher prices to the states’
Sodexo, the world’s largest private food purchaser, has agreed to settle claims that it overcharged New York state school districts and the State University of New York from 2004 until 2009. For $20 million, Sodexo will settle the claims of 21 public school districts and SUNY that Sodexo failed to pass along rebates it received from the suppliers of the food and equipment.
Elan Corporation, plc, of Dublin, Ireland has agreed to settle claims related to the marketing of Zonegran, an anti-epileptic drug for which it sold the rights to a Japanese company in 2004. In January of 2006, Elan admitted that the the DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services were looking into its marketing practices,
Today, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. This sweeping legislation will impact fraud enforcement and whistleblower cases. We will be posting more information about the new law in the days to come.
See also http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072100512.html
Orange County, California-based National Cardio Labs LLC has finalized a settlement with the government to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted false claims for heart monitoring services. From January 1998 through February 2004, National Cardio allegedly billed Medicare, TRICARE, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for event monitoring services,
In a newly unsealed suit under the False Claims Act, a fellow surgeon has alleged that his colleagues at Chicago’s prestigious Rush University Medical Center routinely overbooked their schedules and relied on residents to perform surgeries in violation of federal Medicare billing rules. A total of 6 surgeons, Rush University Medical Center,
If you are aware of any person, corporation or entity that you think may be violating the Federal False Claims Act or a State False Claims Act, contact us today.