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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...

What is the Dodd-Frank Act? The Dodd-Frank Act, formally known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is a major US financial regulatory law that created whistleblower reward programs at...

Alaska Medical Assistance False Claim and Reporting Act Alaska Stat. § 09.58.010 False claims for medical assistance; civil penalty (a) A medical assistance provider or medical assistance recipient may...

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...

Are Whistleblower Laws Federal or State? In the US, whistleblower laws exist at both the federal and state levels. The False Claims Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 are examples of federal...

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 file many types of qui tam cases – ranging from healthcare fraud cases to defense fraud cases to other types of fraud – to expose and stop fraud that puts the health and wellbeing of...

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...