Don Warren Law Blog

In a medicare fraud whistleblower lawsuit brought under under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, medical supplier Medline Industries has agreed to pay a qui tam settlement totaling $91 million.... Read More

The LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, along with two of its teaching physicians, has settled a medicare fraud case brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.... Read More

The medicare fraud whistleblower attorneys at qui tam law firm Warren - Benson Law Group report that the owner of a durable medical equipment company in Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to submitting false statements that she owned the company, which was really operated by her brother.... Read More

As a result of a guilty plea, Elan Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $97 million in criminal fines and more than $100 million to resolve medicare fraud and medicaid fraud claims for a whistleblower case brought pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.... Read More

The qui tam lawyers at whistleblower law firm Warren - Benson Law Group report that two e-rate contractors have paid more than $16.5 million to resolve a qui tam lawsuit claiming they submitted false claims to the United States.... Read More

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this week on the latest False Claims Act "public disclosure" bar question to have reached the Court due to conflicting circuit court decisions.... Read More

Catholic Healthcare West, the parent organization of St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has agreed to pay the United States $9.1 million to settle allegations that seven of its hospitals submitted false claims in their Medicare cost reports.... Read More

The False Claims Act cases successfully resolved in 2010 included payment schemes implicating not only Medicare Fraud, but also Defense Department contractor fraud, grants fraud, federally insured mortgages; federal and Indian mineral leases; and many other federal programs.... Read More

Warren - Benson Law Group recently announced that a Florida physician will pay $22.6 million to resolve Medicare Fraud allegations that they filed false diagnostic codes to inflate Medicare reimbursements,... Read More

 False Claims Act cases settled in the 2010 fiscal year and the 10 largest settlements involved health care fraud, with eight involving drugmakers, according to Warren Benson Law Group. The 10 largest cases accounted for $2.7 billion recovered. Although fiscal year 2009 actually recovered a larger pot of money - $5.6 billion. It also worth that health care does not have a monopoly - fraud also occurred among defense  contractor fraud, education, transportation, and oil and gas companie... Read More