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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- September 21, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Lawsuit against Mississippi Hospital -  The United States has intervened in a lawsuit and filed a complaint against Stone County Hospital, its management company  Corporate Management Inc., and individuals who own and control both companies, for submitting false claims to the Medicare program by knowingly charging excessive and...

In Their Own Words -- Jureidini

-- “‘IT’S HARD TO THINK THERE WASN’T SOME MISCHIEF BEING DONE,’ JUREIDINI SAID. HE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ‘DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS TO PLAY DOWN THE ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE.’”

Jon Jureidini, Professor at the University of Adelaide in Australia and leader of the team conducting a re-analysis of the 2001 Paxil study, commenting on the conclusions drawn in the original 2001 study.

DOJ Catch Of the Week -- General Motors

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to General Motors.  Yesterday, the Detroit-based manufacturer of Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn brand vehicles, among others, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with a host of federal regulators to settle criminal and civil charges of failing to disclose a deadly safety defect in its cars relating to the...

Stark Law Enforcement Trend: Hospital and Individual Physician Settle Allegations of Stark Law Violations and Illegal Upcoding

By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on SCCE’s Compliance and Ethics Blog) The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) recent string of victories against hospitals that have (allegedly) paid illegal inducements to employed physicians continues.  On September 4, 2015, DOJ settled two False Claims Act (“FCA”) suits with Columbus Regional Healthcare System (“Columbus”) and Dr. Andrew Pippas. ...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — September 18, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  2001 Paxil study questioned – “A reanalysis of data from a controversial study published in 2001 that opened the doors for doctors to write millions of prescriptions of an antidepressant to children and teens shows that the drug is not only ineffective but potentially unsafe.”  Washington Post Report backs VA whistleblower claims – “The Department of Veterans...