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Affirming an earlier order handed down by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the First Circuit recently denied Plaintiff D’Agostino leave to amend his complaint, finding the proposed claims were futile. D’Agostino, et al. v. EV3, Inc. et al., 2016 WL 7422943 (1st Cir. Dec. 23, 2016). D’Agostino’s complaint alleges False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations related to the Onyx and Axium medical...
The District Court for the Eastern District of Washington recently granted the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss relators’ claims in a consolidated False Claims Act lawsuit against Monaco Enterprises, Inc. (“MEI”). MEI provides security and fire detection products, installation, and services to a variety of customers, including the U.S. military. The lawsuit, brought by former employees of MEI, alleges that MEI fraudulently overbilled the government, charged...
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule regulating how healthcare providers must report and return overpayments. This rule implements the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that healthcare providers who receive an overpayment from Medicare return the overpayment within 60 days of its identification. Overpayments not returned within the 60-day limit become “obligations” to the Federal government within the...
Last week the Department Of Justice announced a settlement agreement with Nashville Pharmacy Services, LLC (“NPS”) and NPS majority owner Kevin Hartman. Under the agreement, NPS and Mr. Hartman will pay up to $7.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The settlement agreement does not include any admission of liability on the part of NPS or Mr. Hartman. On...
The Department of Justice and dialysis provider DaVita Healthcare Partners recently finalized a $450 million agreement settling claims that the company intentionally inflated Medicare billings. The parties had filed a joint motion to stay the case, United States ex rel. et al. v. DaVita Inc., No. 07-02509 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 16, 2015), in April in order to focus on reaching a settlement. Relators Alon Vainer...
