Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service (additional awards below)

"Today we honor the hard work, dedication to duty and litigation successes which have helped to improve the conditions of our society."
"I am so very proud of these award recipients who serve the American people so well."

—Attorney General Janet Reno  
July 28, 2000  

During her Department of Justice career as Chief, Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Boston, Massachusetts, Ms. Durrell supervised all of the qui tam and False Claims Act litigation in that office, which is one of the national leaders in qui tam cases and recoveries. She also prosecuted a number of cases, most notably, the five qui tam cases and investigation against National Medical Care, Inc./Fresenius (January 2000):

Ms. Durrell received the Exceptional Service Award (July 2000) for her role in "securing the largest ever global settlement in a health care fraud case. That investigation, which began in September 1994, resulted in a global settlement with Fresenius Medical Care North America, the largest provider of kidney dialysis services and products in the world. The prosecution resulted in guilty pleas by three different corporate entities, with a record-setting $101 million criminal fine; an aggregate civil settlement payment of $385 million; and the withdrawal by the company of more than $130 million in pending claims for reimbursement with the Medicare Program."

The Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service is the most prestigious recognition bestowed by the Department of Justice. (DOJ PR)

The President's Council on Efficiency and Integrity Award for Excellence in Investigations

United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Cooperative Achievement Award

The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association:
Honorable Mention for Case of the Year

The Department of Justice Crime Victims Fund Award
(all for the National Medical Care/Fresenius case, 2000)

Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys (for the C.R. Bard, Inc. case, 1996)

Mark Gallinghouse Memorial Award for Excellence in Financial Litigation, Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys (for the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Working Group, 1993)

Inspector General's Integrity Award, United States Department of Health and Human Services (for investigation and prosecution of health care fraud cases, 1992)

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