Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Unauthorized Prescriptions Allegedly Misleading Statements Of Drug’s Effectiveness Former Employee Whistleblower Will Receive $200,000 Reward Health care fraud costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year.  Much of that fraud comes under the government’s Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California programs, including payments for medications that are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Violations Of Anti-Kickback Statute And Stark Law Improper Financial Inducements For Referrals Physician Whistleblower Will Receive $3 Million Reward Federal law prohibits financial inducements for referrals by physicians and other health care providers for patient services.  See Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b), and Stark Law, 42 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Four Former Employees Blew Whistle On Alleged Fraud  Allegations Of Illegal Kickbacks And Unnecessary Services Medically Unnecessary Pain Cream Prescriptions  Healthcare fraud costs the government billions every year, and private individuals do more to recover that money for the government than the government itself does. Last year, over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of False Authorizations For Expensive Prescription Drug Alleged Kickbacks To Prescribing Physicians And Office Staff Former Employee To Receive $2.5 Million Reward The largest kind of fraud against the federal government occurs within the health care sector, primarily under government-sponsored programs like Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California), […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senate Judiciary Committee To Vote On Amendments Amendments Would Strengthen The False Claims Act  Private Citizens Recover Billions For Government The federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., rewards individuals who help the government recover money lost to businesses and individuals as a result […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Excessive And Unnecessary Testing Physician Group Allegedly Overbilled For In-House Laboratory Two Former Office Staff Members Blew Whistle  Every year private individuals recoup more money for the government lost to fraud f than the government itself does. Last year alone, of the $2.1 billion recovered by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Use Of Unapproved Components Failure To Disclose Product Modifications $855,728 Reward For Former Employee/Whistleblower Any knowing violation of the terms of a government contract may violate the False Claims Act.  See False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.  Government contracts, particularly defense contracts, have very […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Alleged Higher Cost Rates Than Approved Contract Allegedly Contained Hidden Fees Former Employee Will Receive $157,220 Reward Contracts for work for the federal government or the State of California typically contain very precise provisions about the costs and fees to be charged under the contract. If a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Multiple False Claims Allegations Kickbacks, Overbilling For Suspended Provider Services And Devices Former Executive Brought Case Individuals with information of fraudulent claims for reimbursement for health care services from the government can bring actions on behalf of the government to recover the money paid out on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Retaliation Takes Serious Toll On Whistleblowers  Potent Remedies In Whistleblower Protection Laws Burden Of Proof And Damages All too often, whistleblowers who disclose fraud to their employers, law enforcement, or government agencies suffer retaliation by their employers.  Whistleblower retaliation takes a serious toll on whistleblowers and their families […]