Category: False Claims California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Large Whistleblower Settlement For Illegal Upcoding False claims for inflated Medicare reimbursements (sometimes in the form of “upcoding”) are a common fraud against the government. Under the False Claims Act, whistleblowers initiate the majority of recovery actions against companies for submitting such inflated claims. The California and San Francisco […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Massive Whistleblower Settlement Against Drug Company Healthcare fraud costs this country over $68 billion annually and part of that fraud is government payment for unapproved, substandard medications sold by drug manufacturers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) just settled a massive whistleblower suit against one drug company that repackaged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Government Whistleblower Awards Increasing Whistleblowers initiate over 80% of all healthcare fraud cases brought under the False Claims Act in this country. Historically, the government has recovered over $30 billion in these actions and paid out close to $5 billion in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Prime Healthcare and Its CEO Settle Whistleblower Case for False “Upcoding” Whistleblower Will Receive $17.2 Million Reward A California Registered Nurse will receive a $17.2 million reward for blowing the whistle on her employer’s false claims to the federal government for reimbursement under Medicare.[1]  The employer, Prime Healthcare, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Prevails Against Corporation Many California whistleblower/qui tam cases are brought under the False Claims Act when the whistleblower (also known as a “relator”) has information of false claims being made for government payments or reimbursements. In order to dissuade whistleblowers from bringing such enforcement actions, corporations often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Large Whistleblower Awards Keep Coming False Claims Act 2017 was a banner year for whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act. The Department of Justice obtained more than $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the past […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physician Groups Settle Whistleblower Case for $33 Million False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for payment under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In a recent $33 million settlement announced by the Department of Justice, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Retaliation Case Before Supreme Court What is the Scope of Protection Against Retaliation? At the end of November, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Digital Realty vs. Somers, a whistleblower case involving securities fraud. The case demonstrates the complexity of whistleblower cases and questions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Rehabilitation Services Company Settles Whistleblower Case for $6 Million False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for payment under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In a recent settlement announced by the Department of Justice, a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospital Settles Whistleblower Case for $12.2 Million False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) typically involve direct, illegal claims for reimbursement under government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.  Sometimes, however, the alleged fraud is more complicated as a recent […]