Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 25, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 Why phone fraud starts with a silent call — “They’re trying to see: Are they getting a human on the other end? You even cough and it knows you’re there.”  NPR

 Health Care Solutions Network medical director convicted in $63M health care fraud scheme — According to the evidence, the now-defunct partial hospitalization program billed Medicare and Medicaid for mental health services not medically necessary or never provided and paid kickbacks to assisted living facility owners in Miami in exchange for referrals.  DOJ

 Pennsylvania Attorney General ordered to trial for perjury and other misdeeds — Kathleen G. Kane is charged with leaking grand jury information to the press, lying under oath about it and ordering aides to illegally snoop through computer files to keep tabs on the government’s investigation.  NYT

 Outgoing FIFA President defends organization — Sepp Blatter continues to defend FIFA’s battered reputation, insisting he is clean and that there is no systemic corruption at world football’s governing body.  ABC

 Albuquerque schools’ CFO files whistleblower retaliation suit against district  — Don Moya claims Albuquerque Superintendent Luis Valentino placed him on administrative leave for trying  to stop an unlawful school contract that would have given kickbacks to a Denver company.  Santa Fe New Mexican

 SpecialCare Hospital Management Corp. settles whistleblower False Claims Act case with New York — The company agreed to pay $8M to settle charges it illegally referred patients to unlicensed drug and alcohol treatment programs in exchange for kickbacks.  NY