Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important False Claims Act Case for Sales of Defective Drugs Senator Grassley Questions Why Government Moved to Dismiss Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents the Whistleblowers/Relators in U.S. ex rel. Campie and Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., No. C-11-0941 EMC (N. D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2019), a False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Fraud of Medicare Kickback Schemes Whistleblower Blows Whistle on Patient Assistance Program Healthcare fraud is the single largest category of fraud against the government, primarily aimed at the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs. Fraudulent schemes under these government programs include charging for services never rendered, false coding […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Agencies Want Whistleblower Help 2018 Record Breaking Year for Whistleblower Rewards Whistleblowers assist the government in all kinds of enforcement efforts (sometimes referred to as “qui tam” cases) and ultimately can be rewarded for blowing the whistle on fraud or other violations of the law. The U.S. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers Exposed Pharmaceutical Company’s Wrongdoing Six Whistleblowers To Receive Large Awards Six whistleblowers alerted the government to alleged misleading marketing practices of Reckitt Benckiser Group, manufacturer of Suboxone, an opioid drug.[1]  Last week, Reckitt agreed to settle the whistleblower actions brought against it under the False Claims Act […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards for Blowing the Whistle on Fraud Federal Whistleblower Programs A whistleblower reward is a monetary incentive offered by the government to individuals who blow the whistle on fraud or other wrongdoing against the government or in violation of its laws. The government rewards whistleblowers with a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces $48 Million Settlement In Healthcare Fraud Case Former Employees Blew The Whistle On The Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded $12.4 Million The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported earlier this month that Encompass Health Corporation, formerly known as HealthSouth Corporation, has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Against the Federal Government Whistleblowers Rewarded for Helping Government Recover Billions With help from employee or other insider whistleblowers, the government has recovered billions of dollars from companies involved in Medicare and Medicaid fraud, other financial fraud, flawed or unapproved pharmaceutical products, tax fraud, government contract fraud, physician/hospital kickbacks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Against the Federal Government Private Whistleblowers May Have Up To Ten Years To Report Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that private persons in some situations may have up to 10 years from an alleged fraud against the government to file a whistleblower (also known […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Big Cases and Big Rewards Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The cases are known as qui tam cases and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Americans Increasingly At Risk Contaminants In Foreign-Sourced Ingredients There is a new reality in where our medications come from — a growing reliance on foreign manufacturers to provide the raw ingredients for those drugs. According to FDA data, roughly 85 percent of the facilities manufacturing the ingredients in […]