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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- August 4, 2017

Posted  August 4, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Macon hospital to pay $2.5 million to settle ambulance billing allegations The Medical Center, Navicent Health has agreed to pay more than $2.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted bills for ambulance trips that were either inflated or medically unnecessary. The settlement follows a 27-month investigation – prompted by a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Navicent paramedic – of the hospital’s ambulance billing practices and allegations that it violated the False Claims and Georgia False Medicaid Claims acts. The Telegraph

Raytheon wins end to whistleblower’s $1 billion satellite lawsuit – Raytheon Co. won the dismissal of a $1 billion whistleblower lawsuit accusing the defense contractor of overbilling the U.S. government on a contract for satellite sensors, nearly 1-1/2 years after a federal appeals court revived the case. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright in Los Angeles said Steven Mateski, an engineer who worked for Raytheon from 1997 to 2006, failed to adequately allege that the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company submitted a false claim, or that its actions were material to the government’s payment decisions. Reuters

Warner Bros. Can’t Dodge Sylvester Stallone’s Fraud Lawsuit A judge will permit the actor to use his claims over ‘Demolition Man’ to explore how the studio’s accounting might amount to unfair business practices impacting consumers, other talent and other studios. According to the complaint, “The motion picture studios are notoriously greedy. This one involves outright and obviously intentional dishonesty perpetrated against an international iconic talent.” Hollywood Reporter