Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High-Volume Commissions For Referrals Of Unnecessary Tests Alleged Former Lab Manager To Receive $2.86 Million Reward How Qui Tam Cases Work Healthcare providers in the U.S., including hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number of statutes to prevent any fraudulent billing under government programs like Medicare and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly False Billing Practices Defendant Settles Allegations For $10 Million Ex-Employee Rewarded $1.7 Million Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Physician Referral Kickbacks Violations of Stark Law and False Claims Act  Former Billing Manager Blows Whistle Kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals are illegal, whether the referral is to a clinic, hospital, lab, nursing home, hospice program or any other health care provider. When the patients are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Illegal Kickbacks Millions In Unnecessary Tests Alleged Starting A False Claims Case Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Ineligible Claim Submissions Clinical Trial Expenses Billed To Medicare How False Claims Cases Work Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stark Law Violations Alleged Government Alleges Illegal Downstream Referrals Former Chief Financial Officer Blew Whistle Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physicians Allegedly Paid For Referrals Disguised Kickback Payments Former Vice President Blew Whistle Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Supplements Allegedly Never Ordered Or Delivered Government Payments Under Illness Compensation Program Private Individual Blew Whistle Much government fraud occurs in the healthcare field.  Payments under government programs like Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California), the Veteran’s Administration and certain government-sponsored workers compensation programs may be made on fraudulent […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Six Skilled Nursing Facilities Involved Physicians Allegedly Paid For Referrals Former Vice President Blew Whistle Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Roles Of Whistleblower And Government  Recent Central District of California Opinion Basic Of False Claims Cases Citizens help the government recover these funds by bringing civil lawsuits on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.    The private individuals or […]