March 28, 2017
“Trump includes $70M more to fight fraud, prevent overpayments”
Peter B. Budetti spoke to HCCA’s Report on Medicare Compliance in its March 27, 2017 issue about a proposed boost in the FY2018 presidential budget to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s...
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March 24, 2017
Do Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections apply to internal whistleblowers?
Two Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys wrote an article for New York University’s Compliance & Enforcement blog that examines the issue of who is a whistleblower as defined by the Dodd-Frank...

March 14, 2017
Whistleblower still may pursue off-label marketing case, court says
A recent decision by a federal court in California has helped clarify that whistleblowers can still stop harmful off-label marketing by pharma companies through “qui tam” lawsuits in certain instances...

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March 06, 2017
“Australia needs incentives for whistleblowers”
Letter to the Editor by Sean McKessy in the Australian Financial Review, 3/6/2017 “Critics of a legislative proposal to reward whistleblowers as a way to encourage them to come forward are totally...
March 01, 2017
Can the government veto a False Claims Act whistleblower settlement even if it declined to join the case?
A recent Appeals Court decision could force whistleblowers into lengthy and expensive litigation, even if a whistleblower and defendant reach a settlement agreement for a “qui tam” (whistleblower)...
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