You will be the driver of articulating the importance of the value of diagnostics to improve patient outcomes and better allocate the care delivery budgets. You will promote Roche Diagnostics as an industry thought leader by public speaking and authoring of articles, white papers and other market facing activities. Roche Diagnostics, a leading pharmaceutical company focused on diagnostics and research, achieved outstanding management of its labs technical and human resources with Visual Planning as well as a user satisfaction rate of 92%. Roche (Basel, Switzerland) is a leading pharmaceutical company focused on diagnostics and research.
Roche, an Indianapolis-based medical supply company, and Humana, a Louisville-based health insurer, paid $12.5 million to settle a lawsuit after a whistleblower accused them of defrauding a government insurance program, according to a news release.
A former employee of Roche Diagnostics accused the two companies of submitting false claims to a Medicare program that's funded by the government and run by private companies.
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The whistleblower accused Humana, which administers the Medicare program, and Roche of arranging a deal where debt was forgiven in exchange for Humana favoring Roche's diabetes testing supplies.
“The recovery obtained in this case is a testament to the power of whistleblowers in America,” said Michael D. Palmer, a partner in Sanford Heisler Sharp’s New York office, in the news release.
The whistleblower received 29% of the settlement, totaling $3.6 million. The rest of the payment went to the government.
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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Roche Diagnostics and Humana settle $12.5 million Medicare fraud lawsuit