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September 19, 2019
Pharmacy, PE Fund Ink $21M Deal To End FCA Kickback Suit
A compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner have reached a $21.4 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve claims they orchestrated a $70 million kickback scheme to recruit beneficiaries of Tricare for medically unnecessary prescriptions.
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July 03, 2019
Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half of 2019
A dispute over a $10 billion contract that takes its name from a prominent sci-fi universe is the highest-profile pending government contracts case, but attorneys are also awaiting decisions in a range of other important suits involving issues such as key False Claims Act clauses and when prototype deals can be litigated.
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July 01, 2019
Pharmacy, PE Fund Near Deal To End Feds' FCA Kickback Suit
A compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner told a Florida federal court Monday that they're close to a settlement with the government that would bring a False Claims Act lawsuit over an alleged $70 million kickback scheme to a close.
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March 06, 2019
FCA Claim Rightly Axed In $70M Kickback Suit, Judge Says
A Florida federal judge said a magistrate judge correctly recommended cutting a False Claims Act allegation from litigation accusing a compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner of running a $70 million kickback scheme, finding the government's objections unavailing.
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February 28, 2019
Relators Claim No Notice Of Dismissal In $70M FCA Suit
The relators in a False Claims Act case accusing a Florida compounding pharmacy and its private equity owner of a $70 million kickback scheme to solicit Tricare prescriptions urged a court Wednesday to revive their complaint, saying a case seal meant they hadn't found out about the 2016 dismissal until recently.
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January 14, 2019
Pharmacy, PE Fund Back Judge's Trim Of $70M FCA Suit
A compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner blasted the government's objections to a Florida federal magistrate judge's recommendation to cut a False Claims Act allegation from litigation over their purported $70 million kickback scheme, arguing Friday that the suit doesn't show they made false certifications to Tricare.
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January 01, 2019
Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2019
A U.S. Supreme Court case involving statutes of limitations on False Claims Act allegations, one of a number of important FCA issues the high court may soon tackle, will join a high-profile challenge to a $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense cloud deal as one of several prominent cases for government contractors to watch in 2019.
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December 14, 2018
The Biggest Health Care Cases Of 2018
Health care providers, insurers and consumers cheered and jeered remarkable rulings this year in cases involving the Affordable Care Act, the False Claims Act and huge sums of Medicare Advantage reimbursement. Here, Law360 recaps the year's biggest litigation developments.
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December 03, 2018
Fla. Judge Recommends Trimming Pharmacy FCA Suit
A Florida magistrate judge has recommended trimming a False Claims Act suit accusing a compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner of running a $68 million kickback scheme involving medically unnecessary prescriptions for Tricare beneficiaries.
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April 18, 2018
Pharmacy, PE Fund Owner Want Tricare FCA Suit Trashed
A Florida compounding pharmacy and its private equity fund owner on Tuesday urged a federal court to toss False Claims Act litigation accusing them of running a $68 million kickback scheme involving medically unnecessary prescriptions for Tricare beneficiaries, contending that the government's allegations are far too generalized.