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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...

3M Agrees to Settle False Claims Complaint for Defective Earplugs for $9.1 Million

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Federal False Claims, Qui Tam
The Department of Justice announced on July 26, 2018, that 3M Company had agreed to pay $9.1 million pursuant to a False Claims Act initiated through the Acts' qui tam, whistleblower, provisions. The False Claims Act was enacted during the administration of Abraham Lincoln. It authorizes claims against any person or co...

Supreme Court Evaluates Whether Implied or Express Certification of a Violation is Necessary for False Claims Case

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Health Care Employee Rights, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection
One of the most important US Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Federal False Claim Act, 31 USC 3729, is currently under submission. (Universal Health Services, Inc., vs United States ex rel Escobar). In this case, the relator's daughter was allegedly misdiagnosed and mistreated by a health care clinic that bille...