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...
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Year: 2020
What is a pharmaceutical kickback?
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...
Classifying improper payments: Mistake, abuse or fraud?
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...
Is your company committing Medicaid fraud?
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...
Why are compliance-related whistleblowers so rare?
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...
Four trends influence employees to blow the whistle publicly
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...
