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Agnesian HealthCare's headquarters is just an hour's drive north of Milwaukee in Fond du Lac. The company and its affiliated physician group recently agreed to pay $10 million to the state of Wisconsin and the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit.An...
Medical device manufacturers may seek to track the use and effectiveness of its products in many ways. However, the Department of Justice says that Covidien went too far by providing kickbacks for institutions that provided registry data. Authorities say that the...
As one of the nation's largest retailers, Target has more than 10 stores scattered across the Milwaukee metro area. The department store chain recently agreed to pay almost $3 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed the company violated Medicaid...
Commentators believe that many health care companies and medical providers exaggerate the severity of medical conditions of patients who receive Medicare benefits -- including participants of Medicare Advantage Plans - to increase company profits. Health care fraud...
The federal government has vast resources, but detecting fraud in programs and contracts is no easy task in the normal course of business. The False Claims Act (which was initially enacted during the President Lincoln years) allows private individuals to file a...
Surrounded by mountains and forest, Kalispell, Montana, is the gateway to one of the nation’s natural wonders: Glacier National Park. The beautiful scenery is a backdrop to an ugly scandal focused on the 138-bed hospital that takes its name from the town. The...
On its website, Bayada Home Health Care urges its employees to “do the right thing.” Three former employees believe they’ve done just that by filing a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses Bayada of fraudulent Medicare billing.Though all three signed...
Creating unfair incentives to bring in business in the health industry may be the basis for a claim under the False Claims Act. Improper contracts may come in a variety of forms. Kickback schemes and similar inducements to increase revenues from Medicare or Medicaid...
Six years ago, a Department of the Interior employee reported to his supervisors that the federal department had violated the National Environmental Policy Act in order to make it easier for Arctic Ocean oil exploration. When Jeffrey Missal's supervisors showed little...
A hospital system on the West Coast has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit that alleged the healthcare company drove up its profits by admitting patients without medical necessity. The Department of Justice says the Prime Healthcare, some affiliated entities...
