False Claims Act/Qui Tam

This blog is about qui tam, a  lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act by a private plaintiff on behalf of the Federal or State Government (rather than by the Government itself). The False Claims Act was originally enacted by Congress in 1863, as a response to widespread abuses by government contractors against the Union Army during the Civil War. The qui tam provisions are now used widely and this blog is intended to keep readers up to date with all qui tam related news and to provide commentary when warranted.  This blog also contains an array of laws and regulations concerning qui tam set out in an easy to read format.

$15.5 Million Owed to Feds By Houston Hospital District

by Nolan and Auerbach on March 29, 2007

Harris County, a part of the Houston, Texas healthcare system for the needy became the system for the greedy when it overcharged the federal government by district employees who”were asleep at the switch,”according to Commissioner Steve Radack. During 200-2005 federal programs were billed for treating hosptialized county jail inmates when in fact the Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail should have been billed.  Medicare and Medicaid were also billed for people injured in car accidents when it should have billed their auto insurers. A district employee blew the whistle on the improper billing and therefore, under federal law will qualify for a percentage of the $15 million paid to the federal government.

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