Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 11, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 FDA cover-up of scientific fraud? – “For more than a decade, the FDA has shown a pattern of burying the details of misconduct.”  Slate

 Call for UK National Health Service “whistleblower guardians” — This follows from Sir Robert Francis’ Freedom to Speak Up Review which surveyed thousands within the health service and found “too many were put off speaking up because they fear victimization” or “feel they will not be listened too.”  BBC

 ResCare Iowa Inc. to pay $5.63M to settle False Claims Act charges — The payment settles government charges the company billed Medicare and Medicaid for home healthcare services without documenting compliance with the program requirements.  DOJ

Owner of Acclaim Home Healthcare pleads guilty to $6.9M Medicare fraud scheme — Orelvis Olivera admitted operating the home healthcare company for the purpose of billing Medicare for expensive physical therapy and home health care services not medically necessary.  DOJ

PETA whistleblower speaks out — Heather Harper-Troje, who was employed by the animal rights group fifteen years ago, alleges she was encouraged by its president, Ingrid Newkirk, to steal and kill pets, and to falsify records.  Huffington Post

Government shuts down San Francisco Tofu company — The DOJ claims Fong Kee Tofu Co. operates in unsanitary conditions causing its products to become adulterated.  SFBay