Importance of Whistleblowers

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American hospitals have been resistant to whistleblowers. Here’s how they can save money and lives by embracing them.

Posted 06/21/22

Last month, the American Hospital Association wrote a pointed letter to the Justice Department, asking them to investigate, and potentially sue, Medicare Advantage plans for improperly denying coverage of patients’ hospital services. Medicare Advantage is a popular government program that pays private insurers premiums to cover seniors, and the insurers are required by law to provide at least the same benefits as...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers,

Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Attorneys File Brief to Supreme Court on Behalf of Senator Grassley

Posted 05/26/22

Constantine Cannon whistleblower attorneys were proud to represent long-time champion of the False Claims Act (FCA) Senator Charles Grassley in filing an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court. In the brief, available here, Senator Grassley urges the Court to repair a worrying trend among certain courts that is undermining the statute. Specifically, the brief describes how the Seventh Circuit’s decision...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, FCA Federal, FCA Materiality, Importance of Whistleblowers,

DOJ Ramps Up Enforcement Against COVID-19 Fraud

Posted 04/25/22

Even as mask restrictions are being relaxed in most parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up its oversight of federal funds spent to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last week, DOJ announced criminal charges against 21 defendants in nine federal districts for their alleged participation in COVID-19 fraud schemes that resulted in over $149 million in false billings to federal programs.

Tagged in: COVID-19, Government Programs Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Provider Fraud,

Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Practice Group 2021 Roundup: Another Banner Year

Posted 04/21/22

2021 was another banner year for Constantine Cannon’s whistleblower practice group, with three historic whistleblower successes, including the first-ever award under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act. This string of successes follows the firm's record-shattering 2020 year where our whistleblower team secured blockbuster settlements that recovered more than $600 million for the government and roughly $115...

Tagged in: Auto Safety, CC Lawyers, Dark Pools, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Rewards,

As Whistleblowers and Quality Care Advocates, Hospitalists are the Conscience of Healthcare

Posted 02/28/22
By Mary Inman, Ari Yampolsky

Thursday, March 3, 2022 is National Hospitalist Day, a day we recognize the contributions of the specialist care doctors and other professionals who provide quality care to sick and vulnerable patients in a hospital. As the fastest growing specialty in modern medicine, hospitalists are a critical part of the nation’s health care service delivery system. Less noted but no less important, hospitalists also play a...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Upcoding,

Top 5 Reasons Why Nurses Make Great Whistleblowers

Posted 02/22/22
By Edward Baker

Nurses are rightly getting a lot of attention lately for the courageous and essential role they are playing on the front-line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or as home health workers, nurses are finally “learning what they are worth,” even as private equity firms seek to profit from nurses’ increased wage-earning power. As reported by STAT, Congress is now...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Eligibility,

Attention Auto Safety whistleblowers: Elon Musk wants you to “Blow the Whistle on Tesla!”

Posted 02/11/22

Lioness listed the above NFT artwork “Blow the Whistle” by London-based artist Jason Measures for auction here in tandem with its publication of the story of SpaceX whistleblower Ashley Kosak.

Earlier this year, Constantine Cannon whistleblower partners Mary Inman and Poppy Alexander teamed up with Ariella Steinhorn and Amber Scorah, principals of the exciting new media venture Lioness, to expose how Elon...

Tagged in: Auto Safety, CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Eligibility,

DOJ Announces $5.7 Billion in FCA Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2021, with Boost from Purdue Settlement Claim

Posted 02/2/22

DOJ has released its annual announcement of recoveries in civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government, and the total recoveries are eye-popping: $5.65 billion in settlements and judgments. These recoveries make FY2021 the second largest year in False Claims Act history, and the largest since 2014. As in prior years, healthcare fraud dominated, with more than $5 billion of the total...

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Managed Care, Statistics,

Top Ten Whistleblower Awards of 2021

Posted 01/6/22

2021 was another banner year for whistleblowers, who once again collectively recovered billions of dollars for the government and hundreds of millions of dollars in whistleblower rewards under the various government whistleblower programs. This includes awards under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act and various state False Claims Act programs. It includes awards under the Dodd-Frank SEC...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Auto Safety, CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, FCA Federal, FCA State, Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Top 10, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Vote Here Now for the 2021 Whistleblower of the Year

Posted 12/21/21

THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR THE 2021 WHISTLEBLOWER OF THE YEAR. POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT REALITY WINNER IS OUR 2021 WINNER!

Whistleblower Insider wants to hear from you on who should be honored as our 2021 Whistleblower of the Year. As in past years, we are especially interested in those individuals who best encapsulate the qualities of the typical whistleblower — courage,...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower of the Year, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

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