Posts Tagged ‘false claims act’
AZA Aids U.S. in Reaching $15 Million Baylor Heart Surgery Medicare Fraud Settlement
Whistleblower claim leads to record settlement for concurrent surgery fraud HOUSTON – Working in concert with the federal government for five years, lawyers at AZA saw their whistleblower client receive $3 million of the $15 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that Houston surgeons were letting unqualified trainees perform parts of heart surgeries while the […]
Houston Clinics Pay $4.3 Million to Settle Doctor’s False Claims Lawsuit over Medicare Bills
HOUSTON – The operators of a network of wound care clinics have paid $4.3 million to the federal government to settle claims that they billed Medicare for treatment by unqualified therapists, ending a lawsuit by a Houston doctor who blew the whistle on them. Dr. Caroline Fife, a specialist in wound care and professor at […]