Former head of Russian anti-doping agency exposes alleged state-sponsored doping A Netflix documentary to be released this Friday tells the story of a former Russian doping scientist who came to the United States in late 2015 and exposed the Russian…
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Whistleblowers play an important role in keeping the public safe from unscrupulous companies or individuals. Even so, there are misconceptions about what, and who, whistleblowers are and what constitutes a whistleblower case. What is a whistleblower? In general, a whistleblower…
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Medicaid fraud is widespread and instances of Utah Medicaid fraud are, unfortunately, not uncommon. Through the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), the government has put a structure in place to help federal authorities and states, like Utah, uncover Medicaid fraud…
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False Claims Act, Medicaid, Utah, Utah medicaid Fraud, Whistleblower
More than 400 people have been charged with taking part in health care fraud schemes and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday. Calling the collective action the “largest health care fraud…
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Government, Healthcare Fraud, Jeff Sessions, Medicare, U.S. Department of Justice
A health care lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers against a hospice company has settled for $2.4 million. The lawsuit alleged that the company had paid kickbacks to doctors for patient referrals and had also falsely billed Medicaid and Medicare. According…
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health care lawsuit, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, medical fraud, Medicare, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower
Whistleblowers who come forward to report medical fraud perform an important public service. Recent news, once again, shows how sometimes dangerous judgments are made in a reckless pursuit of profit. The trial, conviction, and sentencing of the owner and head…
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review whether the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits retaliation against internal whistleblowers who haven’t reported concerns about securities law violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing to consider an issue that has…
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President Trump today signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law. This VA reform bill gives the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) David Shulkin and future VA Secretaries the ability to discipline and fire employees for poor…
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Government, Veterans Affairs, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower protection
The first step in a qui tam (whistleblower) lawsuit is to have an experienced qui tam attorney review your claims. The attorney will determine whether your claims fall under the False Claims Act and whether you have enough evidence to…
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Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower award
In any industry, there are unscrupulous people who try to defraud companies and individuals – and healthcare fraud is no exception. Medicare and Medicaid fraud is particularly troublesome because this type of healthcare fraud can cost Federal health care programs…
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Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, medical fraud, Medicare, Whistleblower, whistleblower attorney