On April 15, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced the settlement of a False Claims Act case against Varidesk LLC and Vari Sales Corporations (VARI). Pursuant to the settlement, VARI agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that defendants failed to give the government the benefit of the discounts it gave other customers and falsely represented to the government that it was complying with its obligation to give the government the best price … [Read more...]
Essilor
Whistleblower Kristie Rudolph filed a whistleblower lawsuit under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act in 2016 alleging that her former employer, Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc., alleging that Essilor provided unlawful kickbacks to eye care providers in exchange for business from those providers. These kinds of unlawful incentives, which drive up the costs of insurance for all Californians, are illegal under California law. The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, … [Read more...]
Investigation: PIH Data Breach
Keller Grover LLP is investigating a medical data breach involving PIH Health. According to a data breach notification recently sent to affected patients, email accounts of certain PIH Health employees were accessed by unauthorized third parties. Information contained within the breached email accounts included patient names, treatment and diagnosis information, Social Security Numbers, and driver’s license numbers. Negligent release and disclosure of personal and medical information is … [Read more...]
Investigation: Walgreens Medical data breach
Keller Grover LLP is investigating a medical data breach involving Walgreens. According to a data breach notification recently sent to affected patients, sensitive information such as patient names, prescription numbers and drug names, pharmacy locations, and shipping addresses of certain users of the Walgreens mobile app personal secure messaging feature were viewable by other customers using the Walgreen mobile app. Negligent release and disclosure of personal and medical information is … [Read more...]
Sutter Health
Keller Grover LLP represents Kathy Ormsby in a False Claims Act case originally filed in 2015 and now pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States ex rel. Kathy Ormsby v. Sutter Health and Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Case No. cv-15-1062 (JD). Ormsby alleges in her complaint that her former employer, Sutter Health and its affiliate PAMF, defrauded the government as part of its Medicare Part C program, known as Medicare Advantage, through … [Read more...]
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