A federal court has dismissed most of the SEC’s complaint against software company SolarWinds for alleged securities laws violations related to the SUNBURST cyberattack. A sliver of the SEC’s case against SolarWinds and its CISO Timothy Brown survives: the allegations regarding misstatements in the company’s public Security Statement. Now, the SEC will have the opportunity […]
Our client’s False Claims Act case against international dialysis company DaVita, which settled last week for $34.5 million, has been featured in numerous articles. The various press reports highlighted different aspects of this complex antikickback case. Law360 quoted Whistleblower Partners attorneys Mike Ronickher and Hamsa Mahendranathan on why the kickback law exists, the financial incentives […]
Whistleblower Partners is proud to announce that the United States has settled our client’s False Claims Act case against international dialysis company DaVita for $34.5 million. The covered conduct concerns allegations of three novel kickback theories involving DaVita’s pharmacy business, its vascular access center business, and medical directorships at dialysis centers. After intervening and settling […]
RELATOR ALLEGED MEDICARE PART C KICKBACKS
Last week, Rite Aid, America’s third largest retail pharmacy after CVS and Walgreens, settled two massive whistleblower cases, agreeing to pay potentially upwards of $500 million to resolve disparate allegations of healthcare fraud. The Opioid Dispensing Settlement: Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice announce that Rite Aid will pay up to roughly $410 million to […]
Medicare spending on a subset of cardio procedures has skyrocketed and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has taken note, apparently now on the hunt for fraudsters. Certain minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, such as atherectomies and angioplasties, are meant to alleviate blockages and improve blood flow when arteries are narrowed due to peripheral arterial […]
The 2023 Annual Report from the IRS Whistleblower Office, while not breathless reading, has evolved from a short, dry affair, to a nicely organized and, more importantly, significantly more informative document. Even better? The report includes some real bright spots for the program that show that it is continuing to improve and grow toward its […]
