by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
According to the Office of the Inspector General for Health and Human Services, fraud and “errors” by skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are bleeding Medicare coffers at the rate of $1.5 billion a year. I am a lawyer who represents whistleblowers who file...
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...
by admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
According to an affidavit from an FBI agent, the owner of a hospice outside Dallas told his nurses to poison patients so they would die faster. Hospice Owner Accused of Telling Nurses to OD Patients So They Would Die It sounds like something from a horror movie. An...
by admin | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you are a whistleblower, you want to make the Government love your case. (Wondering whether that’s true? Read my legal blog post, Why You Want the Government to Love Your Whistleblower Case.) I am a lawyer who represents whistleblowers, and you have reached...
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’re in the middle of a series just for whistleblowers. If you are thinking about blowing the whistle, you need to read my earlier blog post, “Why You Want the Government to Love Your Whistleblower Case.” Once you’re convinced, you need to...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
When a whistleblower first calls me, he or she has witnessed fraud happening and is itching to make the Government do something to stop it. But the Government has hundreds of cases to choose from, and it takes only about 1 in every 5 cases. While you can pursue a...
