Month: March 2009

The Washington Post published the following letter from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the benefits of having mandatory rewards for whistleblowers. Encouraging Whistleblowers,...

San Mateo County, Calif., will pay the federal government $6.8 million to resolve allegations that the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. The U.S. Dept. of...

Healthways, Inc. announced that it has agreed to a proposed settlement to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act. The suit, which the Nashville Post says the government did not...

Weill Medical College of Cornell University will pay $2.6 million to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act. The suit, originally brought by a whistleblower, alleged that the college defrauded...

Victory Memorial Hospital has agreed to pay at least $2.3 million to resolve allegations brought in a whistleblower suit that it defrauded the Medicare program. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit filed against EMC Corp. The suit alleges that EMC Corp. gave kickbacks to federal IT consultants and overcharged government agencies for hardware,...

Joseph P. Galichia, M.D. and his practice group have agreed to pay the United States $1.3 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, the Justice...

The Dept. of Justice announced on March 6 that it has intervened in a whistleblower suit against Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS) and three of its hospitals in New Mexico. The suit alleges that CHS...

Cornerstone Hospital of Huntington, WV, will pay $690,000 to settle a whistleblower suit brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s...

A new report from the U.S. General Accountability Office concludes that whistleblowers who report illegal activities are not adequately protected from retaliation by their employers. The report, Whistleblower...