By Adrianne Appel2024-07-19T18:32:00
DaVita, a multi-state dialysis provider, agreed to pay more than $34 million to resolve allegations it engaged in numerous kickback schemes to doctors who referred Medicare patients to its dialysis centers, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
DaVita will pay more than $17 million in restitution as part of the penalty total for alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to its settlement agreement, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
The case resolves claims brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by DaVita’s former Chief Operating Officer Dennis Kogod, who will receive more than $6.3 million of the settlement total, the DOJ announced in a press release Thursday.
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.
2024-07-26T13:36:00Z By Adrianne Appel
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 said.
2024-07-18T20:20:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A multi-state hospice home health provider agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks and knowingly billed federal health programs to treat non-terminally ill patients.
2025-09-09T16:51:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
A Houston-based freight forwarder, Fracht FWO Inc., will pay $1.6 million for violating U.S. sanctions tied to Venezuela and Iran, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The fine comes as OFAC ramps up enforcement in recent months.
2025-09-08T14:27:00Z By Adrianne Appel
BNY, Citigroup, Santander, UBS, and two other financial institutions paid a total of $8.3M to settle separate compliance violations with the CFTC.
2025-09-05T18:10:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
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