by admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Just how much money can Medicare lose because of skilled nursing facilities (SNF) fraud? Apparently, more than a billion dollars a year. In a 2015 press release, the Department of Justice did not mince words about why it had several ongoing False Claims Act lawsuits...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thanks to two whistleblowers, in October 2016 a skilled nursing facility company paid $145 million to the federal government to settle claims that it had cheated Medicare and TRICARE. The whistleblowers sued Life Care Centers, a nationwide chain headquartered in...
by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Now THIS argument took some gall. Kirtish and Nita Patel ran a mobile diagnostic testing service in Rockaway, New Jersey. After an anonymous whistleblower filed suit under the False Claims Act, they had to admit that they had used non-doctors to “read” the...
by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
My whistleblower clients always want to know, is the Government going to be interested in my case? The answer to that question is complex — so much so that I wrote a five-part series on it, Top 10 Ways to Get the Government Interested in Your Case. But one of...
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Government is looking for whistleblowers with easy-to-prove cases worth lots of money. Doubt it? Check out my recent blog series on the Top 10 Ways to Make the Government Love Your Whistleblower Case. But just how big does your case have to be for the Government...
