Healthcare Marketer to pay seven-figure settlement for FCA and AKS violations Chris Gaines, a healthcare marketer in Tennessee, has agreed to pay $7.05 million to resolve a lawsuit asserting violations of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The whistleblowers’ lawsuit alleges that Medworx Compounding LLC, a compounding pharmacy, systematically paid independent contractor marketers to induce them to solicit physicians to write Medworx prescriptions and to...

Today we recognize those known as “whistleblowers” who are brave enough to report fraudulent government contract claims. The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law”, is a whistleblower statute that allows private citizens to bring qui tam lawsuits against entities that defraud the government. This Act empowers whistleblowers, also known as relators, to recover damages and penalties on the government’s behalf. This law also provides whistleblowers a reward of 15-30% of the government’s...