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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
It was recently reported that a former employee of Second Chance Body Armor, Inc., blew the whistle on that company's sales of defective Zylon bulletproof vests to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies through the Justice Department's Bulletproof...
It was recently reported, that, after four different employees blew the whistle on false and inflated claims to Medicare and Medicaid, two healthcare concerns have admitted responsibility and agreed to pay a $14.7 million settlement. One was Health Quest Systems,...
In 2009, the National Energy and Technology Laboratory (NETL) awarded a $14-million cooperative agreement to a company called North American Power Group Ltd. (NAPG) to collect and analyze carbon data and to design and implement carbon sequestration wells in Wyoming....
"When hospices increase their bottom lines by billing taxpayers for unneeded services, they are diverting money from vulnerable, terminally-ill individuals," said a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General....
Livingston Regional Hospital, LLC, of Tennessee has agreed to settle a False Claims Act case brought against it in federal court. It will resolve the allegations for $784,000. The hospital is owned by LifePoint Health, Inc., which operates hospitals across the U.S....
A company called Healogics, Inc., has agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations for up to $22.51 million. The Florida company, which manages almost 700 hospital-based wound care centers nationwide, is accused of knowingly causing their wound care centers to...
Skilled nursing facilities are in a position of trust. Especially when Medicare and Medicaid are involved, some nursing home patients are vulnerable. To protect them and the American taxpayer, their care should always be directed by their medical needs; never by the...
Three former employees of a UK-based marine services contractor called Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited filed a lawsuit accusing Inchcape and some of its subsidiaries with intentionally defrauding the U.S. Navy. The federal government intervened in the...
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health, a nonprofit healthcare organization operating in Ohio and Kentucky has agreed to pay the United States $14,250,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations. According to the Justice Department, Mercy Health made improper payments to...
The Justice Department and six U.S. states have joined a whistleblower's lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics, Inc. In the lawsuit, the drug maker is accused of trying to make more profit on Subsys, a spray form of the opioid fentanyl, by paying kickbacks to induce...