Whistleblower Law Insights

The corporate headquarters of Haven Healthcare, an operator of nursing homes, were raided by federal investigators last week, according to a December 1, 2007 posting on the website of the Hartford Courant....

Gregory Pinegar, formerly a general practice physician in Alva, Oklahoma, will pay $1.5 million to resolve civil charges of defrauding Medicare. Pinegar is currently serving a 33 month prison term after...

The Tennessee Valley Authority Inspector General and the Dept. of Justice have announced a settlement in excess of $25 million for an alleged violation of the civil False Claims Act. Three Kinder Morgan...

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed suit against Election Systems & Software, Inc., the City’s voting systems vendor, according to a November 20, 2007 press release. The suit...

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced on November 20, 2007 that he has filed a suit against Johnson & Johnson Inc. and two of its subsidiaries, accusing the drug makers of illegally promoting...

HMS Diagnostics, Inc., a sleep disorder center, reported that it is being investigated for improper Medicare billing. The company’s press release characterizes their alleged mischarging as a possible...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has announced it will intervene in a qui tam suit filed against Lockheed Martin Corp. and its supplier, Tools & Metals Inc. The suit alleges that TMI overcharged for manufacturing...

Cynthia Fitzgerald, whose False Claims Act suit against Novation and other defendants was unsealed in September, is the subject of an article in the November 18, 2007 issue of the New York Times. Ms. Fitzgerald,...

Medicaid: Thousands of Medicaid Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System is the title of a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The GAO found that of “over 30,000 Medicaid providers,...

Stryker Corporation and its former outpatient therapy division, Physiotherapy Associates Inc., will pay $16.6 million to the federal government to settle allegations that Physiotherapy submitted false...