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 Court Denies Summary Judgment For Defendants Private Equity Group’s Possible Liability For Portfolio Company Acts Positive Result For Whistleblowers Healthcare fraud is the largest kind of fraud against the government.  Increasingly, healthcare providers are owned by private equity groups.  The companies owned by private equity groups are often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks in Sales of Cancer Drug Allegations Of Falsified Eligibility Records And Pressure To Cover Patient Co-Pays $3.59 Million As Reward For Former Executive The government, and private individuals suing on behalf of the government, rely on a number of statutes to combat fraud within […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Regional Hospital Accused Of Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians Physicians Referring Patients Received Back Investment Units In The Hospital Physician Whistleblower Will Receive Reward Hospitals and clinics violate the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and the Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, when they pay illegal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Private Citizens Brings Suit For Alleged Overbilling False Claims For Medicare Payments Case Settles For $117 Million Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., private citizens can bring suits on behalf of the United States government to recover […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks For Medical Services Referrals Former Employee Brings Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud against government programs costs billions and individual citizens help the government recoup large amounts lost to this fraud. Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks And Illegal Referrals To Related Providers Individual Whistleblower Brings Fraud To Light Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under Medicare and Medicaid. […]