According to aA Department of Justice announcement in December 2016, the Government has recovered over $4.7 billion from False Claims Act cases in fiscal year 2016. The total amount recovered under the False Claims Act since 1987 is exceeds a whopping $53.1 billion. According to TAF Education Fundas Patrick Burns, $53 billion is equal to a […]
The post The Success of the Rewards Program of the False Claims Act first appeared on Qui Tam 101.In her abstract dated December 4, 2016, Elissa Phillip Gentry, a lawyer-economist says, “yes.” A She claims successful False Claims Act settlements against pharmaceutical companies have helped relinquish inappropriate off-label prescriptions. She posits that it is legal initiatives likeA the False Claims Act, rather than new scientific information, that leads to increased compliance. She states: These results […]
The post Does the False Claims Act Help Fight Fraud? first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Recently, the Department of Justice announced that it was increasing the civil monetary penalties for penalties assessed after February 3, 2017 for violations occurring after November 2, 2015. Pursuant to the 2015 budget bill which requires annual re-indexing of False Claims Act penalties for inflation, the minimum per-claim penalty which rose last year from $5,500 […]
The post Department of Justice Increases Civil Penalties for False Claim Act Violations first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., a Florida-based company, recentlyA agreed to pay the United States nearly $4 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to the United States by double-billing and mischarging for medical services in connection with work performed on an IRS contract. Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. is one […]
The post Comprehensive Health Services Inc. Settles Double-Billing and Mischarging Medical Services first appeared on Qui Tam 101.The year is still new.A The decision to become a whistleblower is not easy nor do False Claims cases resolve themselves quickly. However, A a whistleblower has the power and ability to bring sizeable and specific evidence of fraud to the United States government. It is a culture of fraud and not a routine mistake or […]
The post 2017 Is the Year to Speak Up Against Healthcare Fraud first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Recently, the U.S. filed aA complaint in partial interventionA in the Eastern District of Texas against East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, Inc., (together, aETMCa), Paramedics Plus, LLC, Emergency Medical Services Authority (aEMSAa), and EMSAas President, Herbert Stephen Williamson (aWilliamsona). The Complaint alleges False Claims Act violations and violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. The U.S. alleges […]
The post US Interveneas in Whistlebloweras Lawsuit Alleging Kickbacks for Ambulance Services first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Transcript:A Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA): In 1986, 10 years before you came to the United States Senate I got the False Claims Act passed. It has brought 53 billion dollars back into the federal treasury since then. If youare confirmed, will you pledge to vigorously enforce the wholesome aims of the False Claims Act and […]
The post Attorney General Sessions on the Value of Whistleblowers first appeared on Qui Tam 101.On January 10, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions faced the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings. As expected, he supported the False Claims Act (FCA) and its qui tam provisions. Demonstrating a familiarity with the FCA, his opening statement was very positive. Senator Sessions affirmed that the government: …must improve its ability to protect the United […]
The post Pro-FCA Attorney General To Be Jeff Sessions first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney in the Middle District of Florida recently announced a $350 million settlement between Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC and the Government. Central to the allegation was the contention that Shire and Advanced BioHealing (ABH) (a company Shire Plc acquired in 2011) , used kickbacks as part of its scheme to induce […]
The post U.S. Government Collects $350 Million from Shire Plc Subsidiaries in False Claims Act Kickback Settlement first appeared on Qui Tam 101.Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Departmentas Civil Division, announced recently that the Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraudulent claims against the government in fiscal year 2016. This is the third highest annual recovery in False Claims Act history, […]
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