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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The False Claims Act in 2024: A Year in Review

In 2024, the government and whistleblowers were party to 558 False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments, just slightly fewer cases than last year’s record. As a result, collections under the FCA exceeded $2.9 billion,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2024 Year in Review

Bradley’s Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice Group is pleased to present the False Claims Act: 2024 Year in Review, our annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments and trends. ...more

Oberheiden P.C.

A Basic 4-Point Guide for Medicare Whistleblowers

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According to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, an estimated $100 billion is lost to Medicare fraud every single year in the U.S., with overtaxed law enforcement agencies relying heavily on whistleblowers to...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

VNSNY Agrees to $57 Million Settlement

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The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has agreed to pay $57 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged it billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for hundreds of millions of dollars in home care visits...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case

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Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case - On July 31, 2019, Cisco Systems agreed to pay $8.6 million in civil damages to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology with known security flaws to several...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Genesis Healthcare Settlement with Federal Government

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On June 16th, 2017, The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $53.6 million dollar settlement with Genesis Healthcare Inc. (“Genesis”) over six federal whistleblower lawsuits alleging that subsidiaries of the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whistleblower Filed Too Early & Too Late for Share of $322M SCAN Scam Recovery

During his days as a data encounter manager at SCAN, Jim suspected the company had been double-billing Medicare and Medicaid for years. He expressed his concerns within SCAN. When he refused a job reassignment, he was fired....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whistleblower Defendant Blows Whistle on Whistleblower

Antonio Saidiani filed a whistleblower suit alleging that NextCare urgent centers and CEO Dr. Shufeldt had collected tens of millions of dollars in false Medicare claims. Antonio was in a position to know because he was that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

False Claims Act Whistleblower Bounties Exceed $345 Million in Fiscal Year 2013

The DOJ has released its Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2013 totals for civil settlements and judgments recovered under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). To say that the Department had a successful year in prosecuting fraud against...more

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