Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Inappropriate Hospice Certifications Possible Fraud Four Former Employees Blow Whistle Healthcare fraud against the government includes kickbacks, false billing, upcoding, sales of unapproved drugs, illegal referrals and kickbacks, and inappropriate certifications for services like hospice care. Individuals can bring whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act (also known […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Billing for Unnecessary Procedures Former Employees Blow Whistle on Nursing Home Chain The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that a large nursing home chain will pay $15.5 million to settle allegations brought against it by a group of whistleblowers under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Kickbacks, Overcharging, And Other Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the government recoup billions under the False Claims Act (FCA). […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The State of California rewards whistleblowers who bring actions (known as qui tam actions) under the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), Calif. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., for false claims made to the State of California for payments or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The fraud may violate […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Billing, Overcharging, Upcoding And Other Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the government recoup billions under the False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues Large Reward Information Can Lead To Investigation Even If Not Exact The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on December 19 it will award more than $1 million to a whistleblower whose tip helped expose a scheme that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud Fraud Under The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 How To Report Bank Fraud The government rewards whistleblowers who aid prosecutors in going after fraud. A number of agencies maintain whistleblower programs but when the fraud is related to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers May Uncover Violations of Numerous Laws Large Verdict Under FIRREA, Federal Banking Laws and False Claims Act The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and the Federal Claims Act (“FCA”) both offer rewards to whistleblowers with original information about certain fraudulent conduct by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces $41.6 Million Settlement In Healthcare Kickbacks Case Whistleblowers Rewarded $10 Million The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a recent press release that a large diagnostic laboratory has agreed to pay the U.S. $41.6 million in settlement fees, in addition to an exclusion period preventing […]