Whistleblower News From The Inside -- June 22, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Govt. whistleblower: Refusing to participate in theft cover-up led to ouster – Aleta Busselman said she was ousted from management at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) near Hanford, Washington after failing to go along with lab superiors who wanted her to cover up a mistake that cost the federal government more than a half million dollars. K5 News Washington

Iowa DME store owner pays $900K in FCA guilty plea – Iowa DME vendor owner James O’Connor pled guilty to allegations he overbilled Medicare and Medicaid and provided the DOJ a false letter of medical necessity in response to a Civil Investigative Demand made during an FCA investigation. The case was brought by a whistleblower, who will receive $224K. USAO Northern District of Iowa

UK’s Kettering General Hospital whistleblower resigns as governor – Kettering General Hospital Trust governor David Phelan—who alleged that patients were removed from the hospital’s waiting lists to “fiddle” the system and disguise the fact that national targets were being missed—has resigned from his position as a governor. BBC