In a significant False Claims Act enforcement action, DOJ announced settlements with three pharmaceutical companies – Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals – under which they agreed to pay $122 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by paying Medicare of the Civilian Health and Medical Program (ChampVA) copayments for their own products through allegedly independent foundations that the companies used as...

Healthcare Management Associates (HMA) settled criminal and civil charges with the Justice Department for illegal fraud and kickback schemes.  HMA billed federal government healthcare programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or observation services, paid illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for patient referrals, and inflated charges for emergency department facility fees.  HMA was acquired by Community Health Systems (CHS) in...