Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 1, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Senators propose ‘Whistleblower Appreciation Day’ — “Congress has an obligation to stand up for individuals who risk their jobs and reputations to shine a light on threats to public safety and wasted taxpayer dollars.”  Washington Examiner

Renown Health pays $9.5M to settle Medicare fraud suit — The operator of the largest hospital and health care network in northern Nevada has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations of patient-overcharges and Medicare fraud, settling a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging Renown Health billed for inpatient hospital services that should have been charged at less expensive outpatient or observation rates.  Washington Times 

German financial watchdog opens whistleblower bureau — German financial watchdog Bafin is opening a new office on Monday dedicated to corporate whistleblowers, aiming to encourage more business insiders to expose wrongdoing.  The move is designed to make more efficient use of the growing role whistleblowers are playing in uncovering bad behavior by individuals and companies within the financial sector.  Reuters

Bank of NY Mellon settles $312 million claim tied to Sentinel fraud — Bank of New York Mellon Corp has agreed to end eight years of litigation in which it sought unsuccessfully to recoup $312 million it lent a Chicago-area money manager that collapsed in 2007, and whose former chief is now in prison for fraud.  Reuters

Russian whistleblower can run at Olympics as neutral — Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has been cleared by athletics chiefs to run as a “neutral” at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio.   BBC

Defrauding Medicare is a multibillion-dollar industry —  Federal task forces are using billing data and whistleblowers to take down large-scale, multimillion-dollar schemes. Healthline