Civil Division Press Releases for 2002
| December 20 | Justice Department Announces Settlements with South Dakota Hospital and Doctors for $6,525,000 |
| Press Statement RE: HCA |
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| Justice Department Accuses 27 Hospitals of Mischarging Medicare |
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| Justice Department Recovers Over $1 Billion in FY 2002 - False Claims Act Recoveries Exceed $10 Billion Since 1986 |
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Outreach Programs, Inc. and Related Entities Agree to Pay $600,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Program is Amended |
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| McLeod Regional Medical Center to Pay U.S. Over $15 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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Drug Giant Pfizer & Two Subsidiaries to Pay $49 Million for Defrauding Drug Medicaid Rebate Program |
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U.S. Settles with Seven Hospitals; Files Complaints Against Four in Cardiac Devices Litigation |
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Rhode Island-Based Hospital to Pay $400,000 to Settle Health-Care Fraud Allegations |
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Electrolux Home Products to Pay United States Nearly $700,000 to Settle Allegations of Customs Fraud |
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Statement of Assistant Attorney General Robert McCallum on the Third Circuit Decision Issued in North Jersey Media Group v. Ashcroft |
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Lockheed Martin & BAE Systems Controls to Pay U.S. $6.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case |
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Owner of Christus St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas to Pay $220,000 to Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations |
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First Awards Announced in 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund |
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Satement of Robert McCallum, Assistant Attorney Genearl for the Civil Division, Regarding Center for national Security Studies V. USDOJ |
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| Statement of Robert McCallum, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Regarding Judge Kessler's Decision for National Security Studies V. USDOJ | |
| August 1 | Lockheed Martin to Pay United States Over $2 MILLION for Mischarging on Trident Missile Contracts |
Blue Cross of California and Wellpoint Health Networks to Pay U.S. $9.25M to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud |
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IBC Advanced Technologies to Pay United States to Settle False Claims Act Allegations |
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Tenet Hospital in Florida Pays U.S. $29 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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General American Life Insurance Company, Inc. Pays United States $76 Million to Settle Allegations in Medicare Fraud Case |
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California & Los Angeles County to Pay U.S. $73 Million for Overbilling Medicaid Program |
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California Medical Center to Pay U.S. $9.75 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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139 Hospitals Operated by Tenet Healthcare to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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Statement of Assistant Attorney General Robert McCallum in Response to Today's Ruling in ACLU V. Hudson County, N.J. |
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Statement of Assistant Attorney General Robert McCallum in Response to Today's Ruling in Global Relief Foundation v. O'Neill |
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Florida Company & Parent Firm Agree to Pay U.S. Over $830,000 To Settle Allegations of Overcharging Medicare |
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Seven Hospitals to Pay U.S. Over $6.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case |
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Eckerd Corporation Pays U.S. $5.8 Million to Settle False Claims Case |
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Statement of the U.S. Department of Justice Regarding Today's Ruling in the Northern New Jersey Media Group, Inc. Et Al. V. Ashcroft, Et Al. |
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South Shore Hospital and Medical Center in Miami to Pay U.S. Over $900,000 for Medicare Overcharges |
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Emergency Physician Group to Pay US & Michigan $1.6 Million for Health Care Billing Fraud |
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Las Vegas Hospital to Pay US Over $1.16 Million to Settle Health-Care Fraud Allegations |
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Justice Department Intervenes in Medicare Fraud Case Against Duke University Medical Center |
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Pacificare Health Systems to Pay U.S. More than $87 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
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Environmental Testing Company to Pay U.S. Nearly $9 Million to Settle Claims of Contractual Violations |
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United States Recovers More than $15 Million in Profits Wrongfully Obtained From the Medicare System |
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Respiratory Equipment & Supplies Company to Pay U.S. $17 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations |
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Ogilvy & Mather North America Agrees to Pay U.S. $1.8 Million for Overcharges on a Contract with Drug Czar's Office |
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Quorum Health Group Successor Company and Subsidiary to Pay Over $400,000 For Allegedly Defrauding Medicare |
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Minnesota Health Care Chain to Pay U.S. $16 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations |
