By Adrianne Appel2024-07-26T13:36:00
Admera Health agreed to pay more than $5.5 million to resolve allegations first brought by two whistleblowers that it paid kickbacks to third-party contractors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
New Jersey-based Admera will pay nearly $5.4 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute and nearly $148,000 to individual states over reimbursed claims to Medicare, the DOJ said in a press release Wednesday.
The case resolves claims first brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Sunil Wadwa and Ken Newton, co-founders of Financial Halo–a former third-party marketer of Admera. The whistleblowers will receive more than $862,000, the DOJ said.
2025-02-05T14:22:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Two owner-operators of three Arizona medical companies have pleaded guilty to billing more than $1.2 billion in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and other government health programs in less than two years, the Department of Justice said.
2024-11-15T19:28:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A pharmaceutical company and its chief executive have agreed to pay $47 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers, that the company paid kickbacks and filed false claims, the Department of Justice said.
2024-09-17T16:25:00Z By Jeff Dale
Walgreens agreed to pay nearly $107 million to resolve allegations, first brought by two whisteblowers, that it improperly billed federal healthcare programs for prescriptions that were never picked up or delivered.
2025-10-07T16:08:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle allegations first raised by two compliance officers that its cybersecurity protocols violated acceptable standards for defense contractors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
2025-10-06T17:12:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Tractor Supply Company has agreed to get into compliance with California’s consumer privacy law and to pay a $1.35 million fine—the largest yet by California—to settle allegations it violated the privacy rights of customers and job applicants.
2025-10-06T16:46:00Z By Aly McDevitt
A single $33,000 shipment to Iran triggered a six-figure penalty and years of compliance oversight for biotechnology company LuminUltra Technologies, Inc.
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