In June, 2003, Dey, Inc. agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that Dey defrauded the Texas Vendor Drug Program and the Texas Medicaid program by billing the programs for drugs at a higher rate than they actually cost.

In October, 2002, Pfizer Corporation agreed to pay $49 million to settle a federal qui tam lawsuit filed in Texas, alleging that Pfizer fraudulently avoided paying the rebates owed to the states and the federal government under the Medicaid Rebate program for the drug Lipitor.

In May 2001, Driscoll Children’s Hospital agreed to pay the government $14.5 million to settle a federal qui tam lawsuit filed in Texas, alleging improprieties under the Disproportionate Share Hospital program for uncompensated care.

In the first quarter of 2001, five more oil companies in an industry-wide Federal qui tam lawsuit filed in Texas, alleging that the oil companies underpaid royalties due for oil produced on federal and Indian lands settled with the government. The companies include Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil Company, Burlington Resources, Marathon Oil Company and Philips Petroleum. The total recovery in this action now exceeds $415 million.