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Robert Baker alleged in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit that Community Health System (CHS) was engaged in a scheme to improperly increase Medicaid payments to its three hospitals in New Mexico. CHS paid...

Phillips & Cohen represented Dr. Michael Mayes of South Carolina in a whistleblower lawsuit against three blood testing labs and a healthcare marketing company alleging that the labs and the marketing...

Overview of the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower provisions The Dodd-Frank Act, formally known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is a major US financial regulatory law that created...

The Statute FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT 31 USC 3729-3733 (As amended July 21, 2010, P.L. 111-203) § 3729. False claims (a) Liability for certain acts. (1) In general. Subject to paragraph (2), any person...

Qui tam lawsuits can be filed by whistleblowers under certain state false claims laws if the fraud involves Medicaid funds or money from state and local agencies. In order for whistleblowers to receive...

What is whistleblower retaliation? What whistleblower protection is offered under the False Claims Act? What job protection is offered for SEC and CFTC whistleblowers? What whistleblower job protection...

1. Choose your whistleblower attorney carefully. Consider whether the lawyer has experience in qui tam lawsuits. The False Claims Act is a very complicated law, and a misinterpretation of its provisions...

Whistleblowers who file qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act are crucial to exposing and stopping many types of fraud that put patients, troops and other at risk and drain billions of dollars of...

Healthcare fraud whistleblowers — those who provide information about Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud and other healthcare fraud that costs the government money — are vital for our nation’s...

EU Whistleblower Protection Comments Submitted by Erika A. Kelton, Esq., Phillips & Cohen LLP   These comments address the importance of broad-based protections for whistleblowers and explain...