$9 million verdict against nursing home thrown out by appeals court
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 26, 2014
An Illinois nursing home won a victory last week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit voided a $9 million verdict.
Charges that Omnicare forgave nursing providers’ debts as a form of kickbacks can proceed, judge...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 17, 2014
A whistleblower can pursue charges that long-term care pharmacy Omnicare ignored skilled nursing companies’ overdue bills in exchange for certain kinds of business, a federal district court recently...
Nursing home therapy providers agree to pay $30 million whistleblower settlement
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 22, 2014
Two nursing home therapy providers and a nursing home management company have agreed to pay $30 million to settle claims that they engaged in a kickback scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
Meds not dispensed without valid scrips, PharMerica says
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
Long-term care pharmacy giant PharMerica dispensed controlled narcotics without valid prescriptions and charged Medicare, the federal government alleges in a False Claims Act lawsuit. The company “vigorously”...
Citing ‘thin’ evidence of wrongdoing, judge moves $10 million nursing home kickback case...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 12, 2013
The government has presented “thin” evidence against a nursing home therapy provider in a high-profile whistleblower case, but a jury still might reasonably find the therapy company guilty...
PharMerica faces False Claims lawsuit
Aug 14, 2013
PharMerica has been charged in a False Claims Act lawsuit by the federal government.
Judge allows whistleblower FCA case against Omnicare
By
Ashley Carman
Aug 01, 2013
A whistleblower who alleges Omnicare Inc. paid kickbacks to nursing homes did not violate the False Claims Act, a judge has ruled.
Nursing home operators to face trial over kickback scheme
By
Ashley Carman
Jul 26, 2013
Two nursing home operators are set to stand trial to face whistleblower allegations that Omnicare Inc. paid them kickbacks during its purchase of Total Pharmacy.
Omnicare settles federal whistleblower suit
By
Ashley Carman
Jul 17, 2013
An Illinois federal judge approved the dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit against Omnicare, following a settlement agreement on July 9, according to local media reports.
Comments on a public conference call led to whistleblower lawsuit against nursing home therapy provider
By
McKnight's Staff
May 28, 2013
Comments made during a therapy provider’s public conference call in 2006 aroused the suspicion of a listener, who went on to file a whistleblower lawsuit. This was disclosed in a recent court filing...