False Claims-Qui Tam
Read the breaking stories of fraud against government, federal programs and contracts, and about recent qui tam actions, government interventions and legislative developments.
Kaiser Health News: Hospitals Accused Of Paying Doctors Large Kickbacks In Quest For Patients
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News For a hospital that had once labored to break even, Wheeling Hospital displayed abnormally deep pockets when recruiting doctors. To lure Dr. Adam Tune, an anesthesiologist from nearby Pittsburgh who specialized in pain management, the...
Doctors and PA blow the whistle over sham urine tests at pain clinics
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that two pain management clinics in northern Virginia have agreed to pay approximately $3.3 million to settle Medicare fraud allegation brought by a qui tam whistleblower. The settlement resolves allegations that National Spine and...
Health and Human Services whistleblower rewarded. NTSA whistleblowers take a different route
Two major whistleblower awards were revealed late last week. Reuters is reporting a $1.7 million award to three Takata employees who exposed problems in airbag inflators. In a separate case, CareWell Urgent Care Centers will pay $2 million to two...
U.S. settles whistleblower False Claims Act suit. Duke University to pay $112 million in fabricated research data case
Duke University reported in January that its scientists won $384.6 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, “ranking 9th in the country among universities, research institutions and teaching hospitals that are awarded the taxpayer-based research dollars.” This week,...
Supreme Court justices described as “skeptical” of limiting statute of limitations for False Claim Act
Members of the Supreme Court are skeptical of interpreting the statute of limitations in False Claims Acts cases in a way that would "help fraudsters,” according to attorney Stephen M. Kohn, who attended arguments today in a key False Claims...
Case before Supreme Court Tuesday will have a implications for qui tam whistleblowers
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, a case that will determine the statute of limitations window for False Claims Act (FCA) cases when the government declines to intervene. At...
GAO: Department of Defense is getting better at dealing with whistleblowers, but has some work to do.
The Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) should coordinate with the military services to do a better job of protecting whistleblower confidentiality and addressing delays in handling cases, according to a new report. The Government Accountability Office report found...
For more than 150 years, the False Claims Act has been key to ferreting out fraud in US military and health care spending.
The False Claims Act (FCA) has long served as a powerful weapon against fraud and waste in government programs, from rancid Civil War rations to Medicare scams. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $2.88 billion under the law last year, with whistleblowers...
Brief: Supreme Court needs to uphold False Claims Act statute of limitations as “clearly set forth in the law.”
When does the statute of limitations clock start running in a False Claims Act (FCA) case when the government declines to intervene in a whistleblower case? That is the question the Supreme Court will consider when it takes up Cochise...
A New Yorker story makes the case: Whistleblowers need protection against retaliation
Some might see whistleblowers as lucky lottery winners when their multimillion-dollar rewards come through. But, the title of the piece in the February 4 issue of The New Yorker reflects the other side of the story: “The Personal Toll of...
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