The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has recently announced that Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (“Adventist”) has agreed to pay the government approximately $2.09 million to resolve healthcare fraud allegations that Adventist patients were administered unused portions of single-dose chemotherapy…
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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced Wednesday that another 51 hospitals have settled with the government to wrap up a Medicare fraud suit filed under the False Claims Act. In 2008, the government began a federal probe sparked by allegations…
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False Claims Act, medical fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower award
As health care enrollments under the Affordable Care Act increase each year, the potential for healthcare waste, fraud and abuse has also increased. To deter heathcare fraud, the government has whistleblower laws to protect individuals who reveal wrongdoing, especially within…
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False Claims Act, Medicaid, medical fraud, Medicare, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower protection
A Medicare False Claims Act case brought against a laboratory company in western Wisconsin and its owners has ended with a settlement of $8.5 million dollars. The whistleblower who came forward with allegations of fraud will receive $1.1 million of…
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