Category: Healthcare Violations

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Manufacturer Reportedly Settles Case For $18 Million Former Compliance Officer Blew Whistle Whistleblower Will Receive $2.65 Million From Settlement The leading source of fraud against the federal government is within the healthcare sector.  Each year the government pays out billions to false claims or to healthcare providers who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Medicare Fraud Allegations In Whistleblower Case Nurse Practitioner Time Allegedly Charged At Physician Rate Physician Group Settles For $341,690 The federal government loses tens of billions every year in fraudulent Medicare billing.  Part of that loss comes from overbilling by health care providers, including hospitals, drug and medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraudulent Billing Under Medicaid  Dental Group Allegedly Billed For Work Never Performed Reward For Individual Who Blew Whistle False billing of the government for any work or services constitutes a violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”).  Services paid for by the government include medical and dental services […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Regional Hospital Accused Of Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians Physicians Referring Patients Received Back Investment Units In The Hospital Physician Whistleblower Will Receive Reward Hospitals and clinics violate the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and the Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, when they pay illegal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Company Allegedly Used Charitable Foundation To Cover Copays Program Constituted A Kickback For Prescriptions $97 Million Settlement On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $97 million settlement with pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences, Inc. for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks for drug prescriptions.  The action […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER One Individual Exposed Large-Scale Healthcare Fraud Employees And Other Insiders Can Blow Whistle On Fraud Salesman Brings Massive Kickback Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud is the largest single category of fraud against the federal government year in and year out. Employees, case managers, nurses, physicians, salespeople, directors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged Overbilling Allegations Of Unnecessary Treatment Paid For By Medicare Whistleblowers To Share $3 Million Award Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims for reimbursements […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit  Costly Services Never Provided  Case Manager Brings Fraud To Light Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under Medicare and Medicaid. The California whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks For Prescribing Medications Whistleblower Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for prescriptions violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (Anti-Kickback Statute); 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (False Claims Act). The government rewards […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act  Under the False Claims Act (FCA),31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims made to the government for payments and reimbursements under programs […]