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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
One of the country’s largest home health providers has asked the U.S. Supreme Court consider a recent decision that says the company defrauded Medicare to the tune of $35 million. Marjorie Prather was a registered nurse hired by Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living...
The Justice Department has accused defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) of overbilling for employee hours on two Air Force battlefield communications contracts. It has now agreed to pay $25.8 million to settle those claims without...
Between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2011, the Justice Department says, a Miami-based mortgage originator called the Universal American Mortgage Company LLC (UAMC) knowingly originated mortgages under the Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance program that did...
Medicare Advantage plans are owned and operated by private organizations called Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs). Medicare beneficiaries can enroll in and obtain healthcare through these plans. Unlike in traditional Medicare, MAOs are not paid based on services...
The federal government intervened in eight False Claims Act lawsuits and brought criminal charges against Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that has since been sold. According to the Justice Department, HMA engaged in a scheme to defraud the...
Richard O. was an employee of Lockheed Martin Corporation working for Mission Support Alliance (MSA) in August 2009. Lockheed Martin Services, Inc. (LMSI), a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and MSA were hired by the Department of Energy to perform environmental cleanup of...
It was an interesting scheme. According to allegations by the Department of Justice, Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings, Inc., wanted to induce or reward its client nursing homes for referring patients to Reliant for rehabilitation therapy. So, it sent over nurse...
It has been reported that Post Acute Medical, LLC, and certain affiliates ("PAM") have agreed to pay $13,168,000 to settle claims by the Justice Department, Texas and Louisiana that they violated the False Claims Act and parallel state statutes. The nationwide...
A Texas doctor will receive $4.9 million as a reward for blowing the whistle on seven ambulance industry defendants who allegedly paid kickbacks to municipal entities in several states in exchange for lucrative ambulance business. The alleged kickbacks violated the...
When Lance Armstrong used banned substances to win the Tour de France, he violated the False Claims Act, which imposes legal liability on those who commit fraud against federal programs. The reason his actions violated the False Claims Act is that he had received a...