Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney in the Middle District of Florida recently announced a $350 million settlement between Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC and the Government.…
Read More »In recent years, physicians have increasingly stepped into the role of successful whistleblower. In the complex world of medicine, this promising trend has deterred some…
Read More »Hospitals must ensure that the services provided in their facilities are medically reasonable and necessary. when a hospital turns a jaundiced eye to these responsibilities,…
Read More »Recently, Nolan Auerbach & White partner Jeb White was a guest lecturer during the opening session of the George Washington University Healthcare Corporate Compliance Program.…
Read More »Increasingly, corporations are filing qui tam lawsuits against competitors. Many of these cases stem from the perception that the competitors are gaining and unfair advantage by…
Read More »In June 2014, the Justice Department intervened in a False Claims Act qui tam action filed against hospice behemoth IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., alleging…
Read More »In 2002 Time Magazine named whistleblowers as the "Persons of the Year." However, given the record-breaking recoveries under the False Claims Act in FY 2014, Time…
Read More »The great American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau noted, “For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the…
Read More »Years before the investigative television show 60 Minutes ran a segment questioning the inpatient admission practices of Health Management Associates (HMA), eight qui tam lawsuits…
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