Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Healthcare fraud costs the nation an estimated $68 billion annually. False claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid are a big part of that fraud.  The government can sue to recover under the federal False Claims Act and whistleblowers initiate most of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Government Whistleblower Awards Increasing Whistleblowers initiate over 80% of all healthcare fraud cases brought under the False Claims Act in this country. Historically, the government has recovered over $30 billion in these actions and paid out close to $5 billion in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tesla Whistleblowers File Embattled Tesla Denies the Claims Over this past summer, two former Tesla employees filed formal tips with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging misrepresentations and omissions by the automobile manufacturer in information provided investors.[1]  Both tipsters claim they were fired by Tesla in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Industry Whistleblowers The Government’s Whistleblower Program and Awards Government prosecutors need your help in prosecuting financial fraud and will reward you if your information leads to a recovery. The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Prime Healthcare and Its CEO Settle Whistleblower Case for False “Upcoding” Whistleblower Will Receive $17.2 Million Reward A California Registered Nurse will receive a $17.2 million reward for blowing the whistle on her employer’s false claims to the federal government for reimbursement under Medicare.[1]  The employer, Prime Healthcare, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers and Healthcare Fraud Health care fraud costs the country tens of billions of dollars a year. Even worse, patients are often harmed in these schemes when their care is subordinated to the greed of healthcare providers perpetrating the fraud.  Frauds include false billing, improper diagnoses, kickbacks, sales […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces Record Whistleblower Awards Recently, two government agencies reported record whistleblower awards to be paid out on two separate cases.[1]  In the first, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that two whistleblowers would receive a combined $61 million in awards.  The SEC’s previous record was a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bipartisan Budget Act Enhances Whistleblower Awards The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes two important provisions favoring whistleblower awards in tax avoidance whistleblower cases, False Claims Act cases, and securities fraud whistleblower cases. The San Francisco County and California whistleblower/qui tam attorneys at Evans Law Firm […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Large Cancer Treatment Chain Settles Whistleblower Case for $26 Million 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physician Groups Settle Whistleblower Case for $33 Million False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for payment under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In a recent $33 million settlement announced by the Department of Justice, […]