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Apria settles cyber-related lawsuit 

March 19, 2025HME News Staff

INDIANAPOLIS – Apria Healthcare, now part of Owens & Minor, has agreed to pay more than $6.4 million to resolve a consolidated data breach class action lawsuit related to two cyberattacks in 2019 and 2021 that affected nearly 1.9 million members, according to news reports. If the settlement is approved, class action members will be able to file a claim to receive up to $2,000 per person for out-of-pocket losses that are connected to the data breaches and supported with documentation. These...

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Lincare settles Medicaid investigation 

January 14, 2025HME News Staff

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington state Attorney General’s Office has announced that Lincare has agreed to pay $1.15 million for allegedly overbilling Medicaid for rental oxygen equipment.  The state, based on an investigation by its Medicaid Fraud Control Division, alleges that Clearwater, Fla.-based Lincare, which has a billing office in Spokane Valley to manage its operations in the Pacific Northwest, knowingly billed rental fees beyond the three years allowed in more than 15 instances...

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In brief: Numotion resolves allegations, AdaptHealth taps new exec, FDA strengthens oversight 

August 28, 2024HME News Staff

PHOENIX, Ariz. – United Seating and Mobility, d/b/a Numotion, has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act.  The settlement resolves allegations by the United States that Numotion submitted false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs for custom wheelchairs and wheelchair parts.  According to the allegations, the claims were false because they were based on patient evaluations that were unlawfully...

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Philips has ‘finality’ 

May 1, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor

AMSTERDAM – Philips has a renewed focus, says CEO Roy Jakobs, now that the company has resolved additional settlements and finalized a consent decree related to a large recall of certain devices in its Sleep and Respiratory Care business unit.  The company recently announced that it has agreed to pay $1.1 billion from its cash flow generation to resolve personal injury litigation and medical monitoring class action in the U.S. This follows an economic loss settlement finalized last...

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Philips settles additional lawsuits 

April 29, 2024HME News Staff

AMSTERDAM – Philips Respironics, without admitting any fault, has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to resolve the personal injury litigation and the medical monitoring class action related to a recall of certain sleep and respiratory devices in the U.S.  The company has made a provision of EUR 982 million in the first quarter of 2024 and expects to make payments in 2025 from its cash flow generation.  Philips has also concluded an agreement with insurers to pay the company EUR 540...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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