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Article: Research Misconduct: A New Area Of Focus For Government Enforcement.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- June 7, 2005
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I. Introduction
On April 14, 2005, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and two related entities paid $3.39 million to settle allegations that they had violated the False Claims Act with respect to claims submitted in connection with the University's health research activities. The government and the relators (plaintiffs) in two parallel qui tam lawsuits (one brought by a former research compliance officer for the school and the other by a physician who had previously served on the medical school faculty) alleged that the University had unlawfully billed Medicare for clinical health services provided to patients enrolled in clinical research trials that were ...