One of the most actively litigated and longest-running actions in Federal False Claims Act history settled, demonstrating unprecedented coordination and cooperation among the Government and Private Counsel.
Two veteran pharmacists’ Qui Tam Action initiated the case and helped the Government recover $84 Million of $185 Million in today’s mediated final settlement reached among whistleblowers,
Saint Barnabas Corporation, the largest health care system in New Jersey and second largest employer in the state, has agreed to pay the United States $265 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey announced today.
The settlement resolves allegations that the Saint Barnabas Corporation,
SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc. paid the government more than $334 million to settle allegations that its clinical laboratory division defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded health insurance programs. This historic settlement was the result of a joint effort between the government and “whistleblowers,” including Robert J. Merena, a former employee of SmithKline’s National Billing System.
Supreme Foodservice AG
SmithKline Beecham
St. Barnabas Health
Medco Health Solutions
Health Management Associates
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc.
Logan Laboratories Inc.; Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc.
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.
EMCARE
Abbott Laboratories
Physician Partners of America, LLC
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