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A New Jersey medical magazine publisher recently agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it defrauded the postal service. On July 2, 2003, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey issued a press release announcing that Medical World Communications, a Jamesburg, NJ, publisher, agreed to settle civil False Claims Act allegations that it defrauded the government over a 6-year period (1994 to 2000) through a scheme by which it inflated the number of subscribers to obtain a lower rate, thereby failing to pay adequate postage for mailing its periodicals. Among the periodicals published by the company are: Physical Therapy Products, Chiropractic Products, Plastic Surgery Products, Podiatric Products, Orthodontic Products, Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, Cardiology Review, Resident and Staff Physician, Family Practice Recertification, Surgical Rounds and Clinical Lab Products. Medical World denied any wrongdoing. The press release is posted at www.njusao.org/files/me0702_r.htm
qui tam www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/July/03_civ_395.htm Daily Record ex rel. Hunt and Gauger v. Medco ex rel. Piacentile v. Medco qui tam http://www.usao-edpa.com/Pr/2003/jun/medco.htmlA New Jersey medical magazine publisher recently agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it defrauded the postal service. On July 2, 2003, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey issued a press release announcing that Medical World Communications, a Jamesburg, NJ, publisher, agreed to settle civil False Claims Act allegations that it defrauded the government over a 6-year period (1994 to 2000) through a scheme by which it inflated the number of subscribers to obtain a lower rate, thereby failing to pay adequate postage for mailing its periodicals. Among the periodicals published by the company are: Physical Therapy Products, Chiropractic Products, Plastic Surgery Products, Podiatric Products, Orthodontic Products, Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, Cardiology Review, Resident and Staff Physician, Family Practice Recertification, Surgical Rounds and Clinical Lab Products. Medical World denied any wrongdoing. The press release is posted at www.njusao.org/files/me0702_r.htm
qui tam www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/July/03_civ_395.htm
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