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  1. May 23, 2018

    Ex-Lab, Marketing Execs On Hook For Over $111M In FCA Case

    A South Carolina federal judge on Wednesday ordered a former medical testing lab head and two marketing consultants to pay more than $111 million after a jury found the trio filed thousands of false claims for reimbursement with Medicare and a health care program for military members.

  2. March 21, 2018

    Ex-Lab, Marketing Execs Denied Retrial Over Juror's Posts

    A South Carolina federal judge refused Wednesday to grant a new Medicare-fraud trial to a former medical testing lab head and marketing consultants over a juror's Facebook posts, saying there was no sign of "disqualifying bias" in the run-up to a finding of liability for $17 million in false claims.

  3. March 06, 2018

    Juror In $17M Fraud Case Faces Hearing Over Facebook Posts

    A South Carolina federal judge demanded Tuesday that a juror who posted on Facebook while working toward a $17 million verdict in a Medicare fraud trial return to court for a hearing on the posts, which came under scrutiny during post-trial motions.

  4. March 01, 2018

    Ex-Lab Execs Fight $17M Medicare Fraud Jury Verdict

    A medical testing laboratory's former head and two marketing consultants on Wednesday urged a South Carolina federal judge to nix a roughly $17 million jury verdict on civil claims of Medicare fraud, arguing that the decision, which is subject to trebling, was contrary to the evidence and that the trial had been unfair.

  5. February 01, 2018

    Ex-Lab Execs Found Liable For $17M Medicare Fraud

    A medical testing laboratory's former head and two others committed $17 million worth of Medicare fraud, a South Carolina federal jury found Wednesday, according to prosecutors who also said the verdict in the whistleblower suit will be automatically trebled to $51.2 million.

  6. April 05, 2016

    Marketing Co. Wants Assets Unfrozen In FCA Kickbacks Suit

    A marketing company caught up in a False Claims Act whistleblower suit involving allegations of kickbacks and unnecessary medical testing has asked a South Carolina federal court to quash an order allowing the government to freeze certain assets belonging to the company and its owners, saying the order encroached on the defendants' right to due process.

  7. November 04, 2015

    Marketing Co. Seeks To Pare Whistleblowers In $80M FCA Suit

    A marketing company caught up in an $80 million False Claims Act whistleblower suit involving allegations of kickbacks and unnecessary medical testing told a South Carolina federal court Tuesday to dismiss the federal government's intervening complaint because it includes parties and claims barred by the first-to-file rule.

  8. August 10, 2015

    DOJ Intervenes In $80M Medical Testing Kickback Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday joined a whistleblower lawsuit accusing Berkeley Heartlab Inc. and BlueWave Healthcare Consultants Inc. of paying $80 million in kickbacks and conducting unnecessary medical testing.

  9. April 09, 2015

    Lab Co. HDL To Pay $47M To Settle FCA Kickback Suits

    Medical screening company Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. will pay $47 million to resolve whistleblower allegations it breached the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to doctors for referrals and waiving patient fees, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

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