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By Adrianne Appel2024-11-06T20:14:00
A Texas health care organization agreed to pay $14.2 million to settle allegations it filed false claims related to violations of the “Stark” self-referral law, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The Physician Self-referral Law, nicknamed after its author, former lawmaker Fortney “Pete” Stark (D-Calif.), prohibits doctors from referring Medicare patients to health care centers or services in which they have a financial interest.
Physicians working at Horizon Medical Center’s long term care facility allegedly violated the law by referring Medicare patients to any of three surgical outpatient centers, which, like the long-term care facility, were owned by Corinth Investor Holdings LLC.
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2024-10-22T21:18:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Precision Toxicology has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers in three cases, that the company billed the federal government for unnecessary drug tests and paid kickbacks to doctors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
2024-10-11T19:53:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Generic drug giant Teva Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $450 million to settle two cases brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), including one alleging that co-pays it made on behalf of Medicare patients constituted illegal kickbacks, and a second action for alleged generic drug price fixing.
2024-08-23T13:10:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Home health and hospice agency Intrepid USA agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations, first brought by four whistleblowers, that its facilities billed Medicare for services patients were not qualified to receive, according to the Department of Justice.
2024-11-20T18:15:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A bank examiner and senior manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond pled guilty to insider trading after allegedly misappropriating confidential information on seven banks to make profitable trades.
2024-11-19T21:05:00Z
New York-based investment firm Drexel Hamilton will pay more than $1.1 million in penalties, with four current and former employees paying fines as well over committing hundreds of violations of rules regarding the sale of municipal bonds.
2024-11-19T19:26:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A publicly traded cryptocurrency mining company will pay $10 million and completely change its business model to one with “lower corruption risk” as part of a settlement over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), two regulators announced.
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