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The government awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations. In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances of misconduct, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is providing such data. We believe that it will lead to improved contracting decisions and public access to information about how the government spends hundreds of billions of taxpayer money each year on goods and services. Report an instance of misconduct »
Ranking: 72
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is considered the first research university in the U.S. The university's emphasis on both learning and research, and how each complements the other, revolutionized higher learning. Today, Johns Hopkins remains a leader in both teaching and research. The medical school is regarded as one of the best in the world and is a major recipient of National Institutes of Health research grants. The Applied Physics Laboratory wins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The Bloomberg School of Public Health, the first of its kind in the country, ranks first among public health schools in federal research support.
Federal Contract $: $1052.4m
Total Number of Instances: 6
Total Misconduct dollar amount: $ 7.3m
Instances of Misconduct
1. Erroneous Grant Charges
Johns Hopkins settled civil claims by the U.S. Department of Justice related to the administration of NIH clinical research and other services grants at its Bayview Medical Center from January 1994 through December 2001. The case concerned allegations that there were erroneous charges to certain grants performed at Bayview with respect to the allocation of personnel time and the calculation of fringe benefits. As part of the settlement, which does not include any admission of liability, Hopkins agreed to pay $2,076,882 in addition to $587,273 already paid.... more»
2. Medicare Fraud
Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Janet Rehnquist and the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Thomas DiBiagio, entered into an $800,000 settlement agreement with Johns Hopkins University to resolve charges of fraudulent Medicare billings. The settlement resolved a federal investigation under the False Claims Act arising from alleged false or improper billings for the services of teaching physicians to beneficiaries of the Medicare program covering calendar year 1994. The government alleged Johns Hopkins submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program on behalf of certain faculty physicians without documentation to show that they -- and not interns or residents -- were personally involved in providing the claimed services.... more»
3. Bayview Medical Center False Claims Act Case
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc. agreed to pay the United States $2.75 million to settle claims that it submitted false claims to federal health benefits programs over a twenty month period between July 2005 and February 28, 2007. According to the settlement agreement, during the time period at issue, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center submitted fraudulent claims to the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC), which sets acute inpatient care rates that are used by all insurance companies, including federal health benefit plans. The claims submitted to the HSCRC by Bayview allegedly included false statements that certain conditions existed that were not actually diagnosed or treated during patients’ admissions.... more»
4. Failure of Employee to Comply With Ethics Policies
Ellen Frishberg, a former financial aid director at Johns Hopkins University, resigned after it was discovered she had accepted thousands of dollars from several lending industry companies during her tenure, including $65,000 from a lending company that had been included on lists of suggested lenders distributed to students and their families by Frishberg's office. Frishberg admitted taking payments from or working on advisory committees for various lenders. See related Johns Hopkins University instance, "Financial Aid Conflicts of Interest."... more»
5. Financial Aid Conflicts of Interest
As part of an ongoing nationwide probe of the $85 billion a year student loan industry, the New York State Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with Johns Hopkins University addressing improper transactions between financial aid officials and student loan companies. The Attorney General found former Johns Hopkins financial aid director Ellen Frishberg improperly promoted lender Student Loan Xpress, which had paid her more than $65,000 in consulting fees and tuition payments. Under the settlement, Johns Hopkins will pay $1.125 million -- $562,500 will be paid into the New York Attorney General’s national education fund to educate college students and their parents about the financial aid process, and $562,500 will be used to implement a similar program to be overseen by the Maryland Attorney General’s office. See related Johns Hopkins University instance, "Failure of Employee to Comply With Ethics Policies."... more»
6. Fischer v. The Johns Hopkins University (Gender Discrimination)
Dr. Anne C. Fischer, a former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, sued the school and two of her supervisors, claiming a “long-standing pattern of gender discrimination, sex-based bullying, and harassment” forced her to leave her job. The parties settled the lawsuit in 2008.... more»
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