Whistleblower Law Insights

In the New York Times article, “The Medical Bill Mystery,” reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal overlooked one important point about the lack of information in medical bills: It enables unscrupulous healthcare...

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White gave an important speech about whistleblowers last week, saying the SEC whistleblower program has “proven to be a game changer.” The SEC whistleblower...

Citizens Medical Center’s $21.75 million settlement with the government this week provides further evidence that the government’s stepped-up enforcement of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute...

The Securities and Exchange Commission received a record number of tips under its whistleblower-reward program in fiscal year 2014, with more than 3,600 tips from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto...

The Department of Justice recovered a record-breaking $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act for the fiscal year 2014, says a DOJ statement released Thursday. Qui tam (whistleblower) lawsuits accounted...

John Schilling, a whistleblower whose “qui tam” case exposed an extensive Medicare fraud accounting scheme by hospital giant HCA, held a press conference this week to explain his opposition to the...

The Department of Justice broke new ground last month in its ongoing campaign to aggressively enforce the Stark Law to combat improper payment for referrals. New York Heart Center settled a case with the...

One of the best and most straightforward arguments against the Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to weaken the False Claims Act was made by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) at a House hearing last month. Paul...

Three major newspapers recently have taken an in-depth look at various aspects of Medicare fraud and government enforcement efforts. All of them overlooked the effect that “qui tam” (whistleblower)...

For apparently the first time, federal enforcement officials are investigating a medical device firm known as a physician-owned distributorship (POD), according to Modern Healthcare magazine.   The investigation...