Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Residents In Retirement Communities Targeted Allegations Of Kickbacks For Elder Referrals Whistleblower Is Former Director Healthcare fraud, including fraud against Medicare and Medicaid, is the biggest kind of fraud perpetrated against the government.  When the targeted patients are elders, such fraud cases may also constitute elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Overbilling And Upcoding Unnecessary Therapy Services Covered By Medicare<h2> Former Employee Blows Whistle Medical fraud makes up over three quarters of the annual recoveries for the government under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.   Over two thirds of the $2.2 billion recovered […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Qui Tam Follows Malpractice And Criminal Cases Allegations Of Unnecessary Lab Tests Three Office Staff Members Blow Whistle During 2020 fiscal year alone, $1.8 billion of the $2.2 billion recovered by the government from companies defrauding the government came from the healthcare field.  During that same year, $1.6 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Illegal Kickbacks Agency Allegedly Paid Kickbacks To Retirement Communities Former Director Of Strategic Growth Blows Whistle Private individuals with credible information of fraud can bring whistleblower suits (known as qui tam cases) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.  Qui tam […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Inflated Payments Healthcare Provider Allegedly Claimed Patients Sicker Than They Were Former Employee Blew Whistle  Health care providers defraud government programs like Medicare when they knowingly submit a claim for reimbursement that is based on false information, overcharge for or fail to provide an itemized service, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Kickbacks And False Eligibility Certifications Claims For Deceased Patients Company Founders Previously Settle For $1 Million  Health care spending in the U.S. exceeded $3.8 trillion in 2019, and a large percentage of that money comes from government payouts under Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, government employee health […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Attorney General Announces Large Settlement Allegations Of Medi-Cal Fraud Charges For Unnecessary Medical Devices Individuals who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are eligible for a reward if the State recovers money from the company committing the fraud. Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(g). […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Recently Awards $3 Million To Whistleblower Cases Start With An Anonymous Tip From Whistleblower Fraud In Commodities and Futures Trading The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversees trading in derivatives, commodities, options, futures, swaps, and currencies.  See Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Announces $6 Million In Awards  Two Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assisting Investigations $956 Million Awarded Since SEC Whistleblower Program Began Assistance and information from whistleblowers who know of possible securities law violations are among the most powerful weapons in the law enforcement arsenal of the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Rehab Director Of Company Blows Whistle  Company Allegedly Billed For Unnecessary “Ultra High” Therapy Complaint Alleged Eight Years Of Fraudulent Practices Healthcare fraud costs the government billions every year.  Private individuals play a great role in getting some of that money back for the government.   Under the […]