by admin | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sick of fraud and ready to blow the whistle? I’m a lawyer who represents whistleblowers in qui tam and False Claims Act cases, and I’ve compiled a list of ten things that will help you make your case stronger. Today I want to talk about two factors that...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
In my last blog entry, I talked about Why You Want the Government to Love Your Whistleblower Case. But as a whistleblower, you may be wondering: Just how do I get the Government interested in my case? What is it the Government is looking for, and does my case have...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Are you a whistleblower? You need to know the answer to this question: Question: True or false? If the Government takes your whistleblower case, the case will almost certainly end in a judgment or settlement for your side; if the Government turns down your case,...
by admin | Jan 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Back in 1986, Congress faced an unpleasant fact: government coffers were being drained by fraud and cheating before the money could be spent on programs that benefit U.S. citizens. Today we celebrate the anniversary of Congress' decision to take a bold steps to...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
I wrote this blog entry two years ago on the day after the Great Atlanta Snow Storm of 2014. I couldn't publish this blog entry then due to technical issues, so I'm publishing today, on the second anniversary of what came to be known as Atlanta's...
by admin | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Attorney Lee Wallace recently represented Mr. Robert Martin in a False Claims Act lawsuit. Martin is a former employee of defense contracting giant L-3, who blew the whistle on the company for overbilling the government for military training received from the...
by admin | Sep 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to three whistleblowers, St. Joseph Hospice and its majority owner are forking over $5,867.518 to the federal and state governments to settle allegations that the hospice’s thirteen facilities overbilled Medicare and Medicaid. According to the Department...
by admin | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Only a paranoid person would think that his doctor is picking his medicine, or recommending a hospital or nursing home, because the doctor is being paid under the table, right? Your doctor really thinks you NEED this medicine, right? And that the rehab hospital...
by admin | Jul 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
U.S. taxpayers are doling out mega-dollars for lab tests. The Office of Inspector General estimated that Medicare spent $8.2 billion on lab tests in just the year 2010, which amounted to a whopping 3% of everything Medicare spent that year. As if those numbers were...
by admin | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Letting a home health agency decide whether patients need home health care is like asking your kid, “Do you think you need some candy?” You can pretty much tell what the answer is going to be before you get the question out of your mouth. Fraud in the home...
