On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced a settlement with BAYADA, BAYADA Home Health Care Inc., BAYADA Health LLC, and BAYADA Home Care (collectively, the BAYADA Companies) for $17 million. The settlement resolves allegations under the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. No admissions of liability were made pursuant to the settlement.
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DOJ Announces $160 Million Settlement with Mail-Order Diabetic Testing Supplier and Parent Company
On Monday, August 2, the Department of Justice announced that Arriva Medical LLC (“Arriva”) and its parent company, Alere Inc. (“Alere”), agreed to pay $160 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act. Arriva was one of the largest mail-order diabetic supply companies in the nation until it ceased business operations in December 2017. Alere is a medical device company based in Abbott Park, Illinois, which acquired Arriva in November 2011. In 2013, a whistleblower brought suit against Arriva and Alere under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The United States subsequently intervened in the suit.
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Bristol Meyers Squibb Pays $75 Million to Settle Medicaid Rebate Suit
On April 1, 2021, the DOJ announced that Bristol Meyers Squibb agreed to pay $75 million to resolve allegations that the company underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Of the total settlement amount, Bristol Meyers Squibb will pay approximately $41 million, plus interest, to the United States, and $34 million to participating