Month: January 2006

The Kansas state Senate is considering proposals to combat Medicaid fraud. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt has led the effort to enact legislation that would create the position of state inspector...

A False Claims Act suit, filed by a whistleblower in the U.S. District Court in Memphis, sheds new light on financial ruses used by medical device companies to pay doctors who use their devices. The suit...

Shinwa Electronics of South Korea has agreed to pay $1.2 million in settlement of a whistleblower suit that alleged the company falsified inspection records for fire alarms and safety equipment. The equipment...

Michigan has joined a host of other states in enacting a false claims act with a qui tam provision. Qui tam, short for a Latin phrase that translates as “he who brings an action for the king as well...