Tag: Settlement
DOJ announces record number of settlements
February 26, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.68 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
The government and whistleblowers were party to 543 settlements and judgments, the highest number in a single year, the DOJ says.
“Protecting taxpayer dollars from fraud and abuse is of paramount importance to the Department of Justice – and these enforcement figures prove it,” said...
Hill-Rom settles false claims allegations
January 29, 2024HME News Staff
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Hill-Rom Holdings, Hill-Rom Company, Hill-Rom Services and Advanced Respiratory have agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Medicare, TRICARE, Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicaid programs.
The settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of South Carolina, resolves allegations that, from Jan. 1, 2011, through Dec. 1, 2019, Hill-Rom’s...
Philips reaches settlement related to CPAP recall
September 7, 2023HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM – Royal Philips has announced that the company and certain U.S. subsidiaries, including Philips Respironics, have reached an agreement to resolve all economic loss claims related to a voluntary recall of certain sleep and respiratory care devices.
The agreement, which is expected to be submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania later today and which is subject to that court’s approval, will provide predefined cash awards to all eligible...
In brief: Sleep rebound, Philips settlement, Invacare noncompliance
September 30, 2022HME News Staff
NEW YORK – HME providers saw a 6.3% decline in their sleep patient volume in the last 12 months, but they expect double-digit growth in the next 12 months, according to the third quarter HME Sleep and Oxygen Survey from Needham.
The decline in sleep is mainly due to a shortage in flow generators. The eventual re-entry of Philips into the flow generator market appears likely to come mostly at the expense of smaller competitors rather than ResMed, according to the survey.
Respondents...
Philips settles allegations of induced referrals
September 26, 2022HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH – Philips RS North America, formerly known as Respironics, has agreed to pay $1.28 million to settle allegations that it unlawfully induced referrals for its equipment in violation of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute, the Department of Justice has announced.
The government specifically alleged that, between December 2015 and December 2016, Respironics helped a DME supplier procure a twelve-month, interest-free loan that was fully guaranteed by Respironics....
Respironics settles for $24M
September 1, 2022HME News Staff
PITTBURGH – Philips Respironics has agreed to pay more than $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
The settlement resolves allegations that Respironics caused DME suppliers to submit claims for ventilators, oxygen concentrators, CPAP and BiPAP machines, and other respiratory related medical equipment that were false because the company provided...
Gov’t settles with SuperCare
August 30, 2021HME News Staff
OAKLAND, Calif. – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a $3.31 million settlement against SuperCare Health for allegedly billing Medicare and Medi-Cal for servicing ventilators that were no longer necessary. The proposed settlement resolves allegations that the Downey-based company submitted fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal in violation of the state and federal False Claims Act. Per the proposed settlement, SuperCare will pay $3.31 million to multiple government plaintiffs, with...
OMHA expands eligibility for settlements
August 13, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals has extended the eligibility requirements to participate in a Settlement Conference Facilitation to appeals filed on or prior to March 31, 2020, that are pending at the administrative law judge hearing or Medicare Appeals Council review level, AAHomecare and the van Halem Group report. CMS launched the Settlement Conference Facilitation pilot program in July 2014 as an alternate dispute resolution process designed to bring the appellant and...
ResMed, gov't finalize settlement
January 15, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - ResMed has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other healthcare providers, the Department of Justice announced today.David Pendarvis, the company's chief administrative officer and global general counsel, said in a statement that the settlement was in the best interest of its customers, investors, employees and patients.“ResMed has not violated any laws,” he stated. “Its...
Lincare pays $5.25M to resolve allegations
August 21, 2018HME News Staff
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Lincare has paid $5.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by offering illegal price reductions to Medicare beneficiaries, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois. The government alleged that, from 2011 to 2017, Lincare attempted to gain a competitive advantage in the market by unlawfully waiving or reducing co-insurance, co-payments and deductibles for beneficiaries who...