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Recent Cases
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2007: $1.25 million settlement paid by Ciena Healthcare Management Inc. and some of its owners/officers to settle qui tam alllegations that they improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid for inadequate care and services to residents at four Detroit nursing homes.
2006: $1.6 million settlement paid by AEPTEC Microsystems to settle qui tam allegations that the company overcharged the Navy on contracts for shipboard automation technology.
2004: $2.6 million settlement paid by Johns Hopkins University and one of its teaching hospitals in a qui tam action alleging they overbilled the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for addiction research and other projects.
2000: $8.9 million settlement paid by Cigna Corp. in a qui tam action to settle allegations it submitted claims for which it was not entitled to be reimbursed under its Medicare contracts with HCFA as a Part B Medicare Carrier and durable medical equipment regional carrier.
1998: $6.8 million settlement paid by Quest diagnostics in a qui tam action to settle allegations that some regional labs ran tests and billed Medicare without physician authorization.
1997: $673,000.00 jury verdict for Ann Spooner and David Welsh in a misrepresentation case.
1996: $221,000.00 jury verdict for plaintiffs Jovita and German Westphal in a medical malpractice case.
1995: $8.6 million settlement in a qui tam action brought by the late Terry Fletcher alleging that Metpath, Inc. submitted false claims to Medicare for laboratory tests that were not performed.
The Maryland rules governing the ethical conduct of lawyers require us to point out that past successes are no indication of future performance.
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