Month: March 2019

The ability of federal government workers to report any malfeasance they see is the integral part of the Whistleblower Protection Act. If workers are afraid of retaliation, then they won’t help the government perform effectively. The initial foray was made in the...

A recent report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, “Report to the Nations: 2018 Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse,” offers insights into who most often reports fraud, how they do it and whether they are effective. The report finds that tips...

Upcoding – the practice of submitting a bill to Medicare or insurance companies using codes for procedures that were more expensive than the ones actually performed – faces growing scrutiny. Last October, HealthCare Partners Holdings, a subsidiary of one of the...