Examples of Qui Tam Lawsuits and Rewards

Thanks to the efforts of many good citizens, our government has been able to recover billions of our tax dollars from the greedy corporations. In doing so, the conscientious citizens have been substantially rewarded for helping in the recovery our tax dollars from these thieves and in stopping them from depleting our programs of sorely needed funds…. those funds which are used to defend our country, pay for important health care programs, build our roads, and educate our children.

The government is actively pursuing these thieves wherever they can. They rely on the conscientious citizen and their attorneys to help in this fight. In a recent settlement with a large defense contracting company, the Justice Department proclaimed that, "the settlement illustrates the Justice Department's determination to recover funds inappropriately billed on government contracts. Guarding against the improper diversion of defense procurement funds continues to be one of our biggest priorities."

In a recent settlement with a large health care provider, the government again expressed its commitment stating "This settlement demonstrates that the government will continue to aggressively pursue health care fraud not only by providers but also by intermediaries or other contractors who submit false or fraudulent information to Medicare.”

The litigation against these corrupt corporations is growing as the sentiment of citizen’s across the country have grown tired of greedy corporations and their CEOs getting rich off of the hard working taxpayers.

Below are a few of the settlements and rewards which were recently recovered across the country:

NOTICE: THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES OF QUI TAM CASES ARE PROVIDED HERE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY, MEANT TO DEMONSTRATE THE TYPES OF CASES AND FACT PATTERNS THAT MERIT ATTENTION BY THE COURTS. EVERY CASE IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON ITS OWN FACTS, WHICH VARY WIDELY. THESE CASE RESULTS DO NOT INDICATE WHAT YOU, AS A RELATOR OR PLAINTIFF, CAN EXPECT TO RECOVER FOR ANY PARTICULAR MATTER, IF ANYTHING. THE BELOW ILLUSTRATIVE RESULTS DO NOT PREDICT ANY FUTURE RECOVERY THAT YOU MAY EXPECT, AND WERE SELECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES REGARDING MATTERS INVOLVING OTHER PERSONS, RELATORS, DEFENDANTS, ATTORNEYS, PROSECUTORS AND JURISDICTIONS.

9/18/02 LOCKHEED MARTIN & BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS TO PAY U.S. $6.2 MILLION FOR PROVIDING NON COMPLIANT PRODUCTS UNDER CONTRACT. THE RELATOR WILL RECEIVE $1.2 MILLION.

08/01/02 LOCKHEED MARTIN TO PAY U.S. OVER $2 MILLION FOR FILING FALSE AND FRAUDULENT CLAIMS ON TRIDENT MISSILE CONTRACTS. THE RELATOR WILL RECEIVE $281,000.

07/17/02 TENET HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA PAYS U.S. $29 MILLION AND RELATOR WILL RECEIVE $4 MILLION.
Tenet and various affiliated and predecessor companies violated the False Claims Act in connection with false claims submitted to the Medicare Program. The government contended that these submissions included claims that contained or were based on false, fraudulent and misleading statements or omissions regarding the patient's medical condition, history and/or eligibility for coverage by Medicare. In addition, the United States asserted that the hospital's submissions included claims for services that were not reimbursable by Medicare because they were not rendered; were provided by unskilled, unlicensed or uncertified personnel; were based upon insufficient, forged or missing documents; and/or were never ordered by a physician. As a result of the settlement, the relator will receive approximately $4 million of the total recovery as her statutory award.

06/25/02 GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. PAYS UNITED STATES $76 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS IN MEDICARE FRAUD CASE AND RELATORS TO RECEIVE $14 MILLION. The lawsuit alleged that General American knowingly provided false information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration), the agency responsible for administering the Medicare program.

06/04/02 SEVEN HOSPITALS TO PAY U.S. OVER $6.3 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASE. THE RELATOR WILL RECEIVE $1 MILLION. The government alleged the facilities unlawfully charged federal health care programs for surgical procedures were not properly reimbursable.

6/18/02 BROUTMAN MEDICAL CENTER TO PAY U.S. 9.75 MILLION FOR ALLEDGEDLY OVERBILLING MEDICARE FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES. THE RELATORS TO RECEIVE $1.93 MILLION.

6/7/02 CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST TO PAY U.S. $8.5 MILLION FOR ALLEGEDLY CLAIMING UNALLOWABLE CHARGES ON COSTS REPORTS. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $2.8 MILLION.

6/6/02 AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC. TO PAY U.S. $20 MILLION FOR ALLEGED IMPROPER BILLING FOR NON-EMERGENCY. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $3.775 MILLION.

6/3/02 ECKERD CORPORATION TO PAY U.S. $5.8 MILLION FOR ALLEGEDLY DISPENSING PARTIALLY FILLED PRESCRIPTIONS WHILE BILLING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS FOR FULL PRESCRIPTIONS. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $880,000.

5/29/02 NORTHWESTERN HUMAN SERVICES, INC. SETTLES WITH U.S. FOR $7.8 MILLION FOR ALLEGEDLY SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIMS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $737,000.

5/13/02 MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY SERVICES, P.C. SETTLES TO RESOLVE FEDERAL AND STATE CLAIMS FOR ALLEGEDLY UPCODING EMERGENCY ROOM CLAIMS AMOUNT. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $279,943.

10/3/01 TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC. AND SEVEN OTHERS CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE CRIMES; COMPANY AGREES TO PAY $875 MILLION TO TO RESOVLE CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CIVIL LIABILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH ITS FRAUDULENT DRUG PRICING AND MARKETING CONDUCT WITH REGARD TO LUPRON, A DRUG SOLD BY TAP PRIMARILY FOR TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PROSTRATE CANCER IN MEN. THE RELATORS WILL SHARE AS WHISTLE BLOWERS APPROXIMATELY $95 MILLION DOLLARS.

8/27/01 ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; COMSAT CORPORATION; CRSI, INC. and LOCKHEED MARTIN GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC. TO PAY U.S. $1 MILLION IN CIVIL FINES, PLUS $7.5 MILLION IN CRIMINAL FINES FOR ALLEGEDLY FALSIFYING TIME CARDS; PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO THE GOVERNMENT IN NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS. THE RELATOR TO RECEIVE $1.7 MILLION.

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