Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks and Referrals: Cash, Trips, Gifts, And Free Equipment The Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suit The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Parties Settle Whistleblower Suits Alleging Drug Misrepresentations Federal and Multi-State Suboxone Qui Tam Suits Settle for $700 Million A large pharmaceutical distributor has settled six whistleblower suits[1] alleging the distributor made certain false and misleading claims in connection with the sale of the drug Suboxone here in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks: Cash, Trips, Gifts, And Free Equipment The Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suits The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Individual whistleblower have helped the government recoup billions of this […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Medicare Fraud From Illegal Referrals, Kickbacks, and False Charges Stark Law and False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid. In addition to the FCA, the federal Stark Law prohibits physician […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks: Cash, Trips, Gifts, And Free Equipment The Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suit The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. In each of the last ten years, individual whistleblower cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The State of California rewards whistleblowers who bring actions (known as qui tam actions) under the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), Calif. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq. for false claims made to the State of California for payments or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Appellate Win for False Claims Whistleblower Whistleblowers won a recent victory in the Ninth Circuit, where the Court reinstated a false claims whistleblower case alleging false claims under Medicare. See US ex rel. Geraldine Godecke v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., et al, No. 18-55246 (9th Cir. Sept. 6, 2019).[1] […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State Rewards and Protections for Whistleblowers California False Claims Act Most States, including California, have false claims statutes modelled after the federal False Claims Act meant to pursue companies that submit false claims to State governments. Like the federal law, State statutes reward whistleblowers when States recover money.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes Targeted The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams including tax avoidance through the use of offshore accounts and companies. The IRS aggressively pursues taxpayers who use offshore tax avoidance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Healthcare Fraud Against The Government Fraud Under Medicare Advantage Program Big Cases and Big Rewards Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. Much of the fraud occurs in […]