Whistleblower News From The Inside — June 26, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Doctors accused of fraud were top earners — Most of the doctors swept up in last week’s national Medicare fraud takedown collected a lot more from Medicare than others in the same specialty, according to Medicare physician payment data for 2013. Modern Healthcare
Nurse pleads guilty to kickbacks — A Connecticut pain clinic nurse has pleaded guilty to federal charges of accepting kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, an Arizona drug manufacturer that sells the powerful painkiller Subsys. NYT
Tanzania considers whistleblower legislation — A new bill before Tanzania’s parliament would protect whistleblowers from retaliation as the country reels from a major corruption scandal over leaked documents that disclosed $122 million disappeared from the Bank of Tanzania to facilitate suspicious energy contracts. Reuters
Court says anti-gay group committed fraud — In the first court verdict of its kind, a jury in New Jersey found that a prominent group offering gay “conversion therapy” violated the state’s Consumer Fraud Act by claiming it could help men overcome unwanted homosexual urges. NYT
UK investigators preparing to interview traders in Forex probe — Former traders will be questioned over the next 12 weeks by the Serious Fraud Office as part of their criminal inquiries into whether the $5tn-a-day foreign exchange market was rigged. Financial Times
Detroit one of worst for Medicare drug fraud — Detroit is among the top four cities for pharmacies that had questionable billing practices in Medicare’s prescription drug program last year, according to an analysis by a government watchdog. Detroit News