Over $1 Billion in Misappropriated 1MDB Funds Now Repatriated to Malaysia

DOJ

The Justice Department announced today that it has repatriated an additional $452 million in misappropriated 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds to the people of Malaysia, bringing the total returned to over $1.2 billion. read more »

Ascension Michigan to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

DOJ

Ascension Michigan and related hospitals, Providence Park Hospital, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital and Ascension Crittenton Hospital (collectively, Ascension Michigan), all located in Michigan, have agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims for payment to federal health care programs related to alleged medically unnecessary procedures performed by a gynecologic oncologist (“the Doctor”). read more »

Trump-commuted exec settles fraud lawsuit with feds

REUTERS

The former chief executive officer of Tennessee pain management company Comprehensive Pain Specialists has agreed to a permanent exclusion from Medicare and other federal healthcare programs to settle a lawsuit that he submitted false claims to the government for reimbursement. read more »