Georgia Whistleblower Helps Recover $16 Million in Medicare Fraud Case The Department of Justice has announced that an Atlanta whistleblower’s allegations of Medicare fraud have led to a $16 million settlement. According to the press release, an Atlanta-based hospital system allegedly violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by overriding [...]

Genetic Testing Fraud With genetic testing becoming more common, whistleblowers should be on the lookout for schemes to defraud Medicare and other government healthcare programs. Genetic testing can allow healthcare providers to screen patients for predispositions to certain cancers or other diseases, as well as risk factors for certain [...]

South Carolina Whistleblower Lawyer Whistleblowers deserve protection and an award for reporting fraud against government programs.  Prominent  South Carolina whistleblower lawyer Butch Bowers has teamed with Top whistleblower lawyer W. Stacy Miller, of Miller Law Group, to protect the rights of whistleblowers. Since most fraud goes unreported, congress enacted [...]

Telemedicine, or telehealth is a growing trend. Despite the need for this service amid the coronavirus outbreak, telemedicine is susceptible to fraud.

South Carolina Whistleblower: Nursing Home Fraud Medicare and Medicaid fraud in South Carolina nursing homes often goes unreported. Whistleblowers who report fraud may be entitled to protection and an award under the federal False Claims Act. Although fraudulent actions can seem small individually, when aggregated with every other circumstance, [...]

Virginia Whistleblower Protections Virginia whistleblowers are afforded powerful protections under state and federal law, protecting them from workplace retaliation when they uncover fraud against the government. Both the federal False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act allow whistleblowers who uncover fraud against the government to bring [...]

Whistleblower: 3 Ways to Spot Nursing Home Fraud Many of us do not want to believe that people who are supposed to care for others would actually use them for financial gain. Unfortunately, many instances of fraud go unreported and thusly unprosecuted. An example of places where fraud goes [...]

STARK: When can physicians refer patients to their group practice? Physicians who self-refer could be in violation of federal law and fraud against the government. The Stark Laws are related to, but different from the federal Anti-Kickback law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn).  Physician self-referral is a term used to [...]

A Pennsylvania whistleblower has helped the government settle a civil fraud case for $425,000, alleging false applications for federal financial aid.