- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
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.
2025-05-23T16:19:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Three former commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who were fired by President Donald Trump earlier this month have filed a lawsuit against the government over their dismissal. The move joins many more court battles over Trump’s sudden slashing of government agencies, which some courts have deemed illegal, blocking ...
2025-05-22T14:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered web hosting company GoDaddy to implement a “robust” information security program following at least three data breaches that the agency said were aided by lax cybersecurity measures.
2025-05-20T12:30:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took action against a pair of student loan debt relief companies for allegedly deceiving borrowers. The move came despite the Trump administration’s broader efforts to roll back enforcement actions against businesses since taking office.
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