The Success of the Rewards Program of the False Claims Act
According to a Department of Justice announcement in December 2016, the Government has recovered over $4.7 billion from False Claims Act cases in fiscal year 2016.…
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Does the False Claims Act Help Fight Fraud?
In her abstract dated December 4, 2016, Elissa Phillip Gentry, a lawyer-economist says, "yes." She claims successful False Claims Act settlements against pharmaceutical companies have…
Read More »Department of Justice Increases Civil Penalties for False Claim Act Violations
Recently, the Department of Justice announced that it was increasing the civil monetary penalties for penalties assessed after February 3, 2017 for violations occurring after…
Read More »Comprehensive Health Services Inc. Settles Double-Billing and Mischarging Medical Services
Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., a Florida-based company, recently agreed to pay the United States nearly $4 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that…
Read More »2017 Is the Year to Speak Up Against Healthcare Fraud
The year is still new. The decision to become a whistleblower is not easy nor do False Claims cases resolve themselves quickly. However, a whistleblower…
Read More »US Intervene’s in Whistleblower’s Lawsuit Alleging Kickbacks for Ambulance Services
Recently, the U.S. filed a complaint in partial intervention in the Eastern District of Texas against East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, Inc., (together, “ETMC”), Paramedics…
Read More »Attorney General Sessions on the Value of Whistleblowers
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCRiKYJXosw[/embed] Transcript: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA): In 1986, 10 years before you came to the United States Senate I got the False Claims Act passed.…
Read More »Pro-FCA Attorney General To Be Jeff Sessions
On January 10, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions faced the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings. As expected, he supported the False Claims Act (FCA) and…
Read More »U.S. Government Collects $350 Million from Shire Plc Subsidiaries in False Claims Act Kickback Settlement
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 »Help Wanted: Healthcare Whistleblowers Needed To Fight Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced recently that the Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7…
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