May 02, 2023
A Tennessee specialty eye center has agreed to pay $17 million to settle allegations that it unlawfully handed out free meals, golf outings and other pricey gifts to optometrists in exchange for sending patients its way for cataract surgery.
November 08, 2021
A Tennessee federal judge refused to toss allegations that a specialty eye center gave optometrists free meals, seminars and cash bonuses in exchange for referrals, finding that two whistleblowers gave enough details on the alleged kickback scheme for the case to proceed.
August 05, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice has hit back at a medical practice's argument that the government's sharing of certain information with two whistleblowers is an end-run around a Tennessee federal court's rejection of an attempt by the DOJ to join a False Claims Act case.
February 26, 2021
In an unusual defeat, the U.S. Department of Justice has been barred from joining a False Claims Act case after a Tennessee federal judge found it waited too long to intervene in whistleblower litigation alleging kickbacks among eye doctors.