health care fraud

False Claims Act Summary for 2019 – Healthcare Fraud

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Federal False Claims, Health care fraud, Uncategorized, Whistleblower Attorney
The US Justice Department announced on January 9, 2020, that the agency had recovered more than $3 billion in fiscal year 2019 through cases brought through the False Claims Act. The use of a stronger False Claims Act has led to more than $62 billion in recoveries by the US DOJ since 1986. The qui tam whistleblower pro...

Multi-Million Dollar False Claims Act Settlements Paid by a Medical Waste Company and a California Hospital System

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Whistleblower Protection
In yet another case, a regulated medical waste management company by the name of Stericycle entered into a $28,500,000 settlement with the qui tam plaintiff and government.  The qui tam plaintiff was a customer relations specialist for Stericycle and noticed that Stericycle improperly increased its service fees to a n...

2016 Surges On With More Million-Dollar Whistleblower Recoveries

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Health Care Employee Rights, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection
On January 12, 2016, the Justice Department announced a settlement that exemplifies what has become classic health care fraud.  Indeed, the nation’s largest Skilled Nursing Facility (“SNF”) therapy provider Kindred/Rehabcare agreed to resolve its False Claims Act (“FCA”) case with the government for $125 Mil...

Is Your Whistleblower Case a Slam Dunk? Include Specifics (Pt. 2)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Whistleblower Protection
Any whistleblower who plans on bringing a False Claims Act (aka Qui Tam) law suit should understand that his or her state also has its own False Claims Act statute. If states (such like California) have similar enough statutes to the federal False Claims Act when it comes to liability, effectiveness, and penalty ...

Is Your Whistleblower Case a Slam Dunk? Include Specifics (Pt. 1)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Whistleblower Protection
On Monday, December 15, 2014, a California federal court judge dismissed a False Claims Act ("FCA") whistleblower law suit because the plaintiff (or as referred to as a relator in FCA cases) did not adequately specify the government contracts the defendant allegedly violated. In this law suit, a UPS worker allege...