Whistleblower Law Insights

The rate of improper Medicare payments for wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment is much higher than the government has estimated, according to a report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services’...

California Attorney General Edmund Brown announced a settlement with Citibank regarding the company’s illegal “account sweeping” program. The company used a computer program that wrongfully...

General Dynamics will pay $4 million to resolve claims that a subsidiary of the company fraudulently billed the government for parts used in Navy and Air Force aircraft and submarines. The U. S. Attorney...

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...