By Adrianne Appel2023-11-16T19:53:00
A nursing home chain and its owner agreed to pay $45.6 million in entering a consent judgment with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations employees paid kickbacks to doctors who brought patients to them.
Prema Thekkek and the six skilled nursing homes she owned through her company, Paksn, submitted false claims to Medicare, the DOJ alleged in a settlement agreement filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Thekkek and her facilities violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act, the DOJ said.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-01-11T21:50:00Z By Adrianne Appel
New Jersey-based clinical laboratory RDx Bioscience and its chief executive officer agreed to pay more than $13 million to the Department of Justice to settle illegal kickback allegations.
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Atlantic Home Health Care LLC agreed to pay nearly $10 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice addressing the alleged submission of false claims to the Department of Labor’s Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
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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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