Seven years ago, two doctors stood up to powerful players in the emergency medical field by blowing the whistle on Medicare fraud. Their courage and hard work contributed to settlements of more than $33 million between two large physician groups and the Justice...
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Year: 2017
Supreme Court: Do Dodd-Frank whistleblowers have to go to SEC?
In most cases, whistleblowers have legal protections against retaliation. If you exercise your legal rights at work in good faith, for example, there are laws that prohibit your employer from firing you or taking other adverse job actions against you. If you report...
Progressive units agree to $2 million False Claims Act settlement
A whistleblower will receive more than $600,000 after federal authorities obtained a $2 million+ settlement from Progressive Insurance in relation to alleged Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Progressive Garden...
New protections for VA whistleblowers
President Trump has signed into law legislation that strengthens whistleblower protections at the VA. The legislation is called the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection, named after a 38-year-old Wisconsin psychologist who was fired (and then committed...
Vitas Healthcare to pay $75 million in False Claims Act case
Vitas Healthcare and its parent company Chemed Corporation have reached a record settlement in a federal False Claims Act case. Vitas and Chemed admit no wrongdoing but have agreed to settle the case for $75 million. "Today's resolution represents the largest amount...
Study: Aggressive production goals lead to unethical behavior
A new study published in the journal Organization Science, says that high-pressure production goals within companies often set the stage for ethics violations and misconduct. This may not surprise you if you're aware of the scandals at Wells Fargo & Co....
New York doctors get prison for $100 million Medicare fraud
Three New York-based doctors will receive prison time after pleading guilty to accepting bribes. Their sentences are the most recent development in a massive scandal that involved $100 million in Medicare payments to a specific diagnostic lab. An extensive...
New whistleblower protections for federal workers pass Congress
A bill strengthening whistleblower protections for federal employees has unanimously passed the House after passing the Senate in May. It now heads to President Trump's desk for signing or veto. The bill was named after a VA psychologist named Chris Kirkpatrick. He...
Waymo offers to settle disruptive Uber lawsuit — for a price
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo recently made a settlement offer to Uber Technologies Inc. in its lawsuit over autonomous car technology. The lawsuit, which alleges Uber hired a former Waymo engineer who used Waymo trade secrets to Uber's benefit, has been in pretrial stages...
Wells Fargo says it has hired back 1,780 employees after scandal
In prepared congressional testimony, Wells Fargo & Co. CEO Tim Sloan recently said that the company has rehired 1,780 employees who had quit or were fired after the bank's phony accounts scandal. Around 5,300 employees were fired after taking part in the creation...
