Category: Whistleblower

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 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 Former Call Center Employee Blew Whistle On Alleged Fraud  Allegations Of Kickbacks And Ineligible Recipients Waived Co-Pays Illegal  Healthcare providers of all sorts receive revenue from government reimbursements under government-sponsored health programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA.  Health care spending in the U.S. reached $3.8 trillion in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overpaying Physicians As Form Of Illegal Kickback Internal Audit Director Blows Whistle Whistleblower Will Receive 15-30% of $21.25 Million 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 Medicaid.  When […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Five-Year-Old Case Settles Defendant Sold Allegedly Faulty Defibrillators Manufacture Allegedly Made False Statements To FDA The submission of fraudulent claims for reimbursement under government healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, VA and health programs covering government workers like TRICARE, constitute the largest form of fraud against the federal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Individual Blows Whistle on Illegal Kickback Scheme Kickbacks Allegedly Included Foreign Vacations, Lavish Meals And Entertainment Individual To Receive Share Of Reward Private whistleblower suits (known as qui tam cases) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., are hands down the primary tool […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cracking Down On Nursing Home Fraud And Abuse In California Creation Of Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Inspection Program To Target Fraud And Elder Abuse California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, before leaving […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Staffing With Unqualified Personnel Billing At Higher Rates Alleged As Fraud Qui Tam Cases For Overbilling Contracts with the federal government and the State of California are almost always subject to very specific requirements and regulations.   When a contractor knowingly violates those specifications or guidelines and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Use of Substandard Materials Non-Compliant Materials Allegedly Disguised Dangerous Airfields Cited By Government When a government contractor knowingly uses substandard or non-compliant materials or goods in performance of a government contract such conduct may constitute a false claim against the government.  See federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Protecting The State’s Most Vulnerable Med-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse Unit Strengthened California DOJ:  Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Evans Law Firm, Inc. is a plaintiff’s litigation law firm.  We represent individuals here in California who have suffered injury, especially older Californians who have been […]