Resources

Telemedicine fraud has long been a concern, but whistleblowers are needed more than ever during the coronavirus crisis as the opportunities for Medicare fraud and illegal kickbacks in telehealth cases...

Qui tam is a type of lawsuit based on an ancient writ in common law that allows a private person, known as a relator, to prosecute a lawsuit for the government and receive a reward. The False Claims Act...

Here are some questions whistleblowers often ask Phillips & Cohen lawyers about working with the law firm on a whistleblower case. 1) Can Phillips & Cohen represent me if I don’t live in the...

Why be a SEC whistleblower? Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblowers may receive a reward for reporting securities law violations if the SEC orders more than $1 million in sanctions as a result...

Whistleblowers (known as “relators” in qui tam lawsuits) are awarded a whistleblower reward based on a percentage of the money recovered by the government when those recoveries are due to a...

What is the False Claims Act? The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law,” is a whistleblower law that allows private citizens to sue any individuals, companies or other entities...

What is the Stark Law? The Stark Law, formally known as the Physician Self-Referral Law, broadly makes it illegal for physicians to refer Medicare patients for certain “designated health services”...

Chuck Bates and Craig Patrick together filed a qui tam lawsuit alleging that their former employer, Kyphon Inc. – now Medtronic Spine LLC – had defrauded Medicare through a sales and pricing strategy...

Alaska Medical Assistance False Claim and Reporting Act All sections added by SLA 2016, ch. 25, § 18, eff. Sept. 19, 2016. Current through the 2018 Second Regular Session of the 30th Legislature.  ...

Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church, former employees of an Adventist hospital in North Carolina, joined together to file a qui tam lawsuit alleging that Adventist Health System paid doctors...