Medicare and Medicaid News

  • GlaxoSmithKline is prepared to settle with the US Government for $3 billion in an effort to close out charges of fraud and misleading the public in advertising the antidepressants Paxil and...
  • Two former drug salesmen for Johnson & Johnson could make hundreds of millions of dollars if they are successful in winning their case against their former employer, saving American's nearly $3...
  • According to ProPublica, large pharma companies have been paying large fines due to finding unique and extraordinary ways to influence doctors into recommending their drugs and medicines...
  • Amerigroup to Pay $225 Million to U.S. The whistleblower in the case received $56.3 million for helping the government uncover allegations that Amerigroup systematically avoided...
  • Tenet Healthcare was ordered to pay $900 million over a four year period from 2006, starting with the first $450 million paid immediately plus another $20 million in interest payments due.  The...
  • Between 1995 and 2003, Saint Barnabas Hospital inflated its costs for patient care to the Medicare programs defrauding the US government out of $265 million.  The judge awarded this...