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The term “qui tam” has a long history in the law. The term itself is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase meaning “to sue in the name of the king” and came to the U.S. via English common law. Essentially, it allows an individual to act on behalf of the government to end...
When you discover your employer isn’t following standard safety standards, putting workers in danger, or engaging in fraud, you may feel compelled to report it. However, you feel apprehensive about that. You don’t expect your employer to fix the problem. In fact, you...
You are considering becoming a whistleblower. You know the home health care company you work for is committing Medicare fraud by overbilling and you feel compelled to report it. You decide to do a little research about whistleblower laws and come across an unfamiliar...
A new law is poised to put bank whistleblowers at risk of retaliation. As an employee or contractor working for a large financial services institution, the risks involved with a whistleblowing claim can be substantial. These large institutions have the resources and...
One of the most difficult questions facing any potential whistleblower is deciding when they should come forward. There’s no doubt that whistleblowers put themselves at significant risk. Although there are laws in place to protect whistleblowers, recent years have...
When a medical doctor or clinician is given a monetary incentive to prescribe a medicine, product or device to patients, this is known as a pharmaceutical kickback. How common are pharmaceutical kickbacks? A 2015 study by the JAMA found that almost half- 48% of all...
Although it’s not possible to determine the exact cost of Medicare abuse, the exploitation of Federal healthcare is a serious issue in the United States. Together, Medicare fraud and abuse cost taxpayers billions of dollars and limit the effectiveness of the programs...
As a person and a professional, you likely feel certain obligations when you suspect or confirm wrongdoing. If you are in the healthcare industry, you may find yourself in a position to either speak or stay silent when an individual or company is taking advantage of...
One might assume that compliance workers are among the most common type of whistleblowers, due to the nature of their work. In fact, the SEC just awarded its third award to a compliance-related whistleblower in the history of the program in March of 2020. Why so few...
As we discussed in a recent blog post, the number of whistleblowing cases has increased significantly in the last few years. There is no doubt that the progress and expansion of whistleblower laws and protections have played a role in this increase. However, according...
