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June 5, 2013 — It is a violation of the federal False Claims Act for a drug manufacturer to distribute adulterated pharmaceuticals. Adulterated medications may not help the patients they are prescribed to treat, or worse, they may actually harm the patients. To combat the problem, the Department of Justice relies on whistleblowers and the federal False Claims Act. The qui tam language of...

June 4, 2013 — The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) of 2010 set up a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program to provide greater efficiency in the agency’s processing of tips from securities industry insiders who learn about schemes to defraud investors or other securities-related crimes. Under the program, whistleblowers who...

June 3, 2013 — The Federal False Claims Act makes government contractors liable when they submit false claims for reimbursement to the federal government. The cost for violators is steep — as much as $11,000 per false claim along with three times the government’s actual loss. The False Claims Act is so effective because of brave insider informants who choose to collaborate with the...

May 31, 2013 — The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) of 2010 initiated a whistleblower program within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so the agency could more efficiently gather and investigate tips from securities industry insiders with knowledge of insider trading. The Dodd-Frank Act allows whistleblowers to keep up to thirty percent of...

May 30, 2013 — The Federal False Claims Act imposes liability on government contractors who submit false claims for reimbursement to the federal government. Contractors who make false claims to intermediary government contractors or to brokers or distributors may also be liable under the whistleblower statute. The stakes are high — as much as $11,000 for each false claim plus three times...

May 29, 2013 — Health care providers who pay kickbacks in order to receive Medicare referrals drive up the cost of health care and waste tax dollars. To combat the practice, the Department of Justice depends on whistleblowers and the federal False Claims Act. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act enable health care insiders who find out about illegal health care kickbacks to sue the...

May 28, 2013 — Every year, The U.S. Justice Department uses the federal False Claims Act to reclaim millions of tax dollars lost to Medicare fraud. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act empower health care workers who discover Medicare billing violations to sue the wrongdoers and recover the lost monies. Employees of hospitals, hospice chains, and physicians’ practices are...

May 24, 2013 — In the battle against Medicare fraud, the U.S. Justice Department returns millions of dollars every year to American taxpayers through the use of the False Claims Act. Under the qui tam provisions of the Act, health care employees who learn about fraudulent Medicare schemes are empowered file a whistleblower lawsuit against those involved for the benefit of the government....

May 22, 2013 — Dental Medicaid fraud and insurance fraud by unethical dentists are difficult problems in every state. To deal with the issue, investigators and prosecutors turn to state and federal False Claims Acts. When billing fraud involves state and federally funded healthcare programs like Medicaid, the False Claims Act allows inside dental professionals and staff to take matters into...