Pharmacy operator PharMerica Corp. has agreed to a $100 million settlement in response to a False Claims Act suit alleging the company participated in a drug kickback scheme defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. The agreement, approved by a U.S. district judge in New Jersey, will see more than $70 million returned to the federal government. Nursing home operator Marc Silver, who initiated the litigation in 2011, will receive between $25 million and $30 million, prior to attorney fees.
Represented by Berger Montague, Silver continued to pursue the case even after the federal government decided not to participate. Sherrie R. Savett, from Berger Montague, noted, “We believed in our case, and that is why we committed so many resources to litigating it. And in the end, you know, I believe that we got a very excellent result.”
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