It's always good to see a company person put in his two cents. OCR knew that dragging a lawsuit out would cost them more in penalties and also provide a lot of negative publicity. Here's another quote for you:
"Other Medicaid fraud and kickback charges settled today included: (1) claims that Omnicare paid $50 million to secure long-term contracts with certain nursing home chains; (2) claims that Omnicare had accepted $8 million in payments for promoting drugs from Ivax Pharmaceuticals Inc., a generic drug manufacturer; and (3) claims that Omnicare had provided consultant pharmacist services to nursing homes below fair market value in order to secure contracts from the nursing homes."
OCR wanted to get back to the business of lining Germunder's pockets.