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The False Claims Act of 1863 ... On March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also referred to as the health reform bill or PPACA) ...
On November 7, 2016, medical device company Biocompatibles Inc., a subsidiary of BTG plc agreed to pay $25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing false claims to be submitted to government health care programs. [49]
The FBI estimates that Health Care Fraud costs American tax payers $80 billion a year. [2] Of this amount $2.5 billion was recovered through False Claims Act cases in FY 2010.
Walgreens has agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged the pharmacy chain submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never ...
Almost 200 people have been charged in a nationwide operation probing false health care claims involving approximately $2.75 billion in losses, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday.
In a 3-0 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, cleared the way for the nation's largest pharmacy chain to face claims it violated the federal False Claims Act and ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
The False Claims Act lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the federal government, and share in recoveries. Valisure first sued GSK on behalf of the United States and more than two dozen states in ...