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Home Health Care Company Agrees To Pay $5.8 Million To Settle Alleged FCA Whistleblower Violations
A Sarasota, Florida home health care agency, Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc., has agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve whistleblower claims that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The whistleblowers, all former employees of Doctor’s Choice, claim that...
Time to Catch Up: Europe Lags in Key Whistleblower Indicators
A major new study shows Europe has fallen behind other regions in several important whistleblowing indicators. The study confirms the extent to which managers silence and punish workers who expose corruption – and the urgent need for European countries to...
SEC Whistleblower Awarded $900,000 for Reporting Overseas Misconduct
On November 19, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $900,000 whistleblower award issued to an individual who provided significant and timely information on securities law violations occurring overseas. In the Final Order for the award, the SEC...
Proposed House Rule Prohibits House Members from Disclosing the Identity of Federal Whistleblowers
On November 17, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) sent a letter to Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) of the House Committee on Rules arguing for the adoption of a rule prohibiting Members of the House of Representatives from disclosing...
Dutch Mistreatment: The Netherlands’ Troubling Record on Whistleblower Protection
Two embarrassing whistleblower retaliation cases, an unusually harsh report from the OECD, and an admission from a top public official that whistleblowers are “on your own” are seriously challenging the Netherlands’ commitment to protecting its own people from reprisals. On...
Medical Advantage Organization To Pay $6.3 Million To Settle Whistleblower Allegations Of Medicare Fraud
A whistleblower lawsuit filed against a prominent Washington state health care provider, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (formerly known as Group Health Cooperative, or GHC) was settled on November 16. GHC agreed to pay the government a total of $6.3 million...
Whistleblower Claims That New Orleans VA Hospital Radically Underdiagnosed Traumatic Brain Injury In Veterans
A former psychologist at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, or the VA hospital that serves New Orleans, has blown the whistle on a pattern of severe underdiagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) between 2009 and 2019. Dr. Frederic Sautter,...
UK Regulator Issues Report on Mental Health Care Facility in Response to Whistleblowers’ Concerns
The Care Quality Commission (QCQ), the UK’s “independent regulator of health and social care,” conducted an investigation of a women's mental health facility in response to whistleblowers’ concerns, according to a November 4 article from BBC News. The report found a...
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to Step Down at End of Year
On November 16, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), confirmed he will end his tenure as Chairman at the end of the year. Clayton will leave the SEC as one of its longest-serving chairs. ...
SEC Whistleblower Program’s Annual Report to Congress Details Record-Setting 2020
On November 16, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program released its 2020 Annual Report to Congress. The 2020 fiscal year (FY 2020) was a record-setting year for the program in a number of ways, including the number...
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