Whistleblower Law Insights

Medtronic Inc. will pay $75 million to resolve claims that a company it purchased engaged in Medicare fraud, according to the Boston Globe and the New York Times. The whistleblower suit was brought by...

Baptist Health South Florida Inc. will pay the United States $7,775,000 to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act and the Stark Statute between 2003 and 2005. The government alleged that the...

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), an information technology and business services company, will pay $1.37 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received improper payments on technology...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the settlement of a customs fraud case for $2.8 million. The suit, which originated as a whistleblower complaint, involved...

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked the state’s legislators to enact a False Claims Act. A special legislative session is starting and Blumenthal thinks the legislature should...

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a whistleblower suit against Materials and Electrochemical Research Corp., saying company officers created a false company and forged signatures to obtain millions...

Heartwire reported on April 28, 2008 that the federal government is suing two cardiologists for their role in an alleged kickback scheme. The two are among 16 cardiologists who are alleged to have participated...

Touro Infirmary, a New Orleans hospital, will pay the United States $1.75 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice announced on April...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles filed a complaint in intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit brought against The Oaks Diagnostics, Inc., according to an April 14, 2008 press release. The...

Heartland Dental, an Illinois company that manages dental practices in several states, has agreed to pay $1.65 million to resolve allegations that it falsely billed Illinois Medicaid. The whistleblower...