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7 02, 2020

07 Feb 2020

Federal Government Intervenes in Bracker & Marcus False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging False Billing of Orthopedic Products
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Federal Government Intervenes in Bracker & Marcus False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging False Billing of Orthopedic Products

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Federal Government Intervenes in Bracker & Marcus False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging False Billing of Orthopedic Products

2023-07-12T21:31:00-04:00By Jason Marcus|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog|

Relator Alleges Mitias Orthopaedics in New Albany, Mississippi Used and Billed for Non-Approved Injectable Devices Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the United States Attorney for the [...]

4 02, 2020

EHR Company Admits to Kickback Scheme Aimed at Increasing Opioid Prescriptions

2023-07-12T21:31:01-04:00By Sheri Lang|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog|

Practice Fusion paying $118.6 million in False Claims Act settlement; no underlying qui tam. Practice Fusion, creator of electronic health records (EHR) software, admits that it solicited and received kickbacks [...]

27 01, 2020

The False Claims Act Even Applies to the US Postal Service

2023-07-12T21:31:04-04:00By Sheri Lang|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

“Florida Man” defrauds the Post Office A Florida man could face up to 20 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines for fraudulent claims against the United States [...]

22 01, 2020

DC Seeks to Punish Tax Cheats via False Claims Act Liability

2023-07-12T21:31:05-04:00By Jason Marcus|False Claims Act Blog, Financial Fraud Blog|

Only two state False Claims Acts currently include a tax provision The District of Columbia is one of 31 “states” to have its own false claims act. Now, the district [...]

16 01, 2020

Genetic Testing: The Latest Cancer in Healthcare Fraud

2023-07-12T21:31:05-04:00By Jason Marcus|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog|

Genetic Testing Scams Violate the False Claims Act In September 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Operation Double Helix had resulted in 35 indictments of individuals associated with telemedicine [...]

10 01, 2020

False Claims Act Year in Review: 2019

2023-07-12T21:31:06-04:00By Sheri Lang|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

False Claims Act recoveries top $3 billion There were $3 billion in settlements and judgments reported by the government in fiscal year 2019, over $2.1 billion of which arose from [...]

23 12, 2019

Georgia Recovers $8.5 Million from Medicaid Fraud Investigations in 2019

2023-07-12T21:31:07-04:00By Sheri Lang|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog, Healthcare Fraud Blog|

A majority of False Claims Act cases filed by whistleblowers include allegations of Medicaid fraud Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced that the office’s Medicaid Fraud Division recovered more than [...]

20 08, 2019

Defense Contractor SESOLINC Agrees to False Claims Act Settlement of up to $2.4 Million

2023-07-12T21:31:11-04:00By Jason Marcus|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

Government intervenes in procurement fraud case Bracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the United States has intervened and settled a False Claims Act case filed by its [...]

30 07, 2019

Back to School Fraud?

2023-07-12T21:31:11-04:00By Jason Marcus|False Claims Act Blog|

For-profit colleges may defraud federal education programs It has been quite a summer, here at Bracker & Marcus LLC. We kicked things off with a nice False Claims Act settlement [...]

24 06, 2019

Look Out for Fraud During Hurricane Season

2023-07-12T21:31:35-04:00By Sheri Lang|Bracker & Marcus Firm News & Updates, False Claims Act Blog|

Federal contractors can defraud disaster funds As the 2019 hurricane season begins, the Department of Justice and Bracker & Marcus LLC remind the public to be on the lookout for [...]