Whistleblower Law Insights

Following the recent jury verdict against Science Applications Iinternational Company, the Washington Post has published an article on how the government’s increased reliance on contractors as consultants...

Amerigroup Corp., a Virginia insurance company, has agreed to end a pending appeal and pay $225 million to resolve claims that it defrauded the Illinois Medicaid program. A federal jury had found that...

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has agreed to pay the United States $2.1 million to settle charges that it violated the False Claims Act. According to the Justice Department press release, the settlement...

The National Law Journal reports that proposed amendments to the federal False Claims Act are sharpening the divide between supporters and opponents. The House and Senate have similar bills awaiting final...

The District of Columbia has agreed to settle charges that its psychiatric hospital, St. Elizabeths, submitted false Medicare billings. The District will relinquish claims to more than $11 million in billings,...

Three Southern California hospitals, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, Tustin Hospital and Medical Center, and City of Angels Medical Center, are alleged to have used the homeless to defraud Medicare...

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that another former Kaplan employee has filed a False Claims Act suit against the company. Kaplan Higher Education is accused of unlawfully compensating admissions...

A federal jury found that Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) violated the False Claims Act and ordered the company to pay the government $6 million in damages. The Federal Times reported that...

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provided a financial incentive for states to to establish false claims acts that met certain requirements. If the Health & Human Services Inspector General determines...

Pratt & Whitney and PCC Airfoils will pay the United States $52.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the two companies knowingly sold defective turbine blade replacements for jet...