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Four Houston-Area Hospitals Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Ambulance Swapping Allegations
Four Houston-area hospitals have paid $8.6 million collectively to settle allegations of "ambulance swapping"—that ambulance companies paid kickbacks to the hospitals in exchange for the hospitals' lucrative Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals. The hospitals—Bayshore Medical Center, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, West Houston Medical Center, and East Houston Regional Medical Center—are all affiliates of the Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America. More
The Original Source Rule Under the FCA: What You Need to Know
The public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act generally prohibits suits based on facts that are publicly available. The original source rule, however, provides an exception to the public disclosure bar, so that whistleblowers who add valuable information to the publicly disclosed material can still pursue claims on behalf of the government. More
How the False Claims Act Protects Whistleblowers
In addition to imposing penalties on companies or individuals who deliberately defraud government-supported programs, the False Claims Act also includes provisions that protect whistleblowers from being retaliated against by the individuals or corporations they report for engaging in fraudulent activity. More
Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2.2 Billion to Settle Fraud Claims and Other Whistleblower News (November 8, 2013)
The whistleblower attorneys at Goldberg Kohn are committed to fighting fraud against the government and protecting the rights of whistleblowers. Below are summaries of recent developments pertaining to whistleblower, qui tam, and False Claims Act actions throughout the United States. More
Whistleblower News Update- April 2, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that Alabama-based Caddell Construction agreed to pay to the United States $1,150,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely reporting to the Army Corps of Engineers that it hired and mentored Mountain Chief Management Services, a Native American-owned company, to work on construction projects at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Fort Campbell, Kentucky from April 2003 to March 2005. Rather, Mountain Chief was merely a pass-through entity used by Caddell to claim payments under the Department of Defense’s Mentor-Protégé and Indian Incentive Programs and didn’t actually perform the work for which Caddell received payment, according to the government. More
Fourth Circuit Limits First-to-File Rule and Holds that FCA Statute of Limitations Tolls When “At War”
In a noteworthy decision affecting the first-to-file rule and the statute of limitation of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal and remanded the whistleblower’s case back for additional review. More
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- False Claims Act and the Opioid Crisis: First-ever Civil Injunction Filed by Justice Department to Combat Opioid Over-Prescription
- DOJ Publishes FCA Statistics for Fiscal Year 2018
- Escobar decision continues to affect major FCA cases
- US Government continues to combat health care fraud in Chicago
- Wisconsin taxpayers have lost millions since the 2015 repeal of the Wisconsin FCA
- Chemed Corp. and Vitas Hospice Services settle FCA allegations for $75 million
- Illinois Attorney General reaches $4.5 million settlement with Chicago-area gas stations under the Illinois FCA
- FCA Allegations Regarding Employee Billable Time in U.S. Disaster-Relief Efforts Survive Motion to Dismiss
- Four Houston-Area Hospitals Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Ambulance Swapping Allegations
- New York-Based Contractors Settle FCA Allegations that Company Improperly Obtained Federal Contracts for Service-Disabled Veterans
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- Carter v. Halliburton
- Corporate Fraud
- Department of Justice
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- Farm Subsidy Fraud
- Fourth Circuit
- Goldberg Kohn
- Healthcare Fraud
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- Legal Procedures
- Legislation
- Materiality
- Medical Devices
- Medicare
- Military Fraud
- Qui Tam
- Real Estate Fraud
- Rule 9(b)
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Shipping Industry
- Taxpayers Against Fraud
- Unnecessary Medical Services and Procedures
- Upcoding
- Whisteblower Awards
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