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Top-10 Tips For Would-Be Whistleblowers
Posted 08/24/18
- There are numerous laws that protect whistleblowers. Many whistleblower reward laws and other whistleblower protection laws provide protections to whistleblowers from retaliation – through firings, demotions, or other adverse employee actions – for reporting misconduct.
- Becoming a whistleblower can be a difficult ordeal. The laws protecting whistleblowers have vastly improved. But the risk of retaliation or...
August 23, 2018
Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Inc has agreed to pay $6.1 million to settle claims brought on by whistleblower Dr. Thomas Prose that it paid kickbacks to doctors and nursing homes to promote its business and filed reimbursement claims arising from improper contracts — both violations of the False Claims Act. Under the settlement agreement, Dr. Prose will receive a relator’s share of $915,000. DOJAugust 16, 2018
Lincare, Inc—one of the largest home providers of respiratory therapy products and services in the nation—has paid $5.25 million to settle a suit filed by whistleblower Brian Thomas. In 2015, the former billing supervisor accused the company of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act over a period of six years by unlawfully waiving or reducing fees paid by Medicare Advantage recipients and submitting false claims for reimbursement. Thomas will receive $918,750 for his role in exposing the alleged fraud. USAO SDILAugust 15, 2018
Post Acute Medical, LLC has agreed to pay $13,031,502 to the United States, $114,016 to Texas, and $22,482 to Louisiana to settle allegations brought on by whistleblower Douglas Johnson that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, Physician Self-Referral Law, and state and federal False Claims Acts. The operator of long-term care and rehabilitation hospitals nationwide was accused of cultivating "reciprocal referral relationships" with outside healthcare providers and then billing Medicare and Medicaid for services that arose from those relationships. For his role in exposing the alleged fraud, Johnson will receive a cut of the federal government's share totaling $2,345,670. DOJAstraZeneca Settles Seroquel False Claims Action -- Again
Posted 08/9/18
Catch of the Week -- Prime Healthcare
Posted 08/9/18
August 6, 2018
Grenada Lake Medical Center will pay $1.1M to settle allegations that it violated the FCA by submitting claims for medically unnecessary psychotherapy services to the Medicare program. The alleged fraud lasted over eight years and was brought to light by a whistleblower, a former programs manager at the company, who will receive an award of $195k. USAO Eastern District of ArkansasAugust 3, 2018
Prime Healthcare Services and related entities, as well as its CEO Dr. Prem Reddy, will pay $65 million to settle two Medicare fraud allegations. First, Prime and Dr. Reddy allegedly engaged in a centralized scheme to boost inpatient admissions of patients who had no medical need to be admitted. Second, they allegedly falsely upcoded patients’ diagnoses in order to increase reimbursements. Whistleblower Karin Berntsen, who initiated the lawsuit, will receive over $17 million of the settlement. DOJ; CDCACatch of the Week -- William Beaumont Hospital
Posted 08/3/18
