January 05, 2007
State False Claims Act review page from HHS OIG
The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services has announced the creation of a state False Claims Act review page. The page states: “As enacted by section 6031...
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January 05, 2007
DOJ files suit alleging fraud against Small Business Administration
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed a False Claims Act suit that accuses three investors and Sovereign Bancorp. Inc. of defrauding the Small Business Administration. The suit alleges that they disguised...
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December 28, 2006
Whistleblower says pharmaceutical company defrauded Texas
A whistle-blower law suit claims that the state of Texas was duped by Johnson & Johnson into spending millions of dollars on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The suit, which has been joined by the...
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December 28, 2006
Univ. of Miami resolves civil fraud investigation of improper Medicare claims
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida issued a press release on December 21, 2006 to announce a $2.2 million settlement with the University of Miami. The settlement...
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December 28, 2006
New law requires health care industry to train employees to detect fraud
A federal law that takes effect in January 2007 will require hospitals and nursing homes to teach their employees to detect fraud and to report it to the government. The law, designed to encourage health...
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December 26, 2006
Dept. of Defense recovered $1.9 billion between April and September 2006
Stars and Stripes for December 26, 2006 reported on the latest report of the Dept. of Defense Inspector General which details a record-setting year of recoveries through investigations conducted by the...
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December 26, 2006
Cook County, Illinois settles FCA lawsuit
Cook County, Illinois, has agreed to pay the federal government $5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the county mismanaged a federally funded study involving pregnant drug addicts. The lawsuit originated...
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December 21, 2006
Tax whistleblower law signed by President
President Bush signed a new law that will allow whistleblowers who turn in tax cheats to share up to 30 percent of the recovery. Public Radio’s Marketplace ran a story on the new law on December...
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December 18, 2006
Decade-old whistle-blower suit scheduled for trial
A whistle-blower suit originally filed in 1995 is scheduled to go to trial in early 2007. The suit, filed under the qui tam provisions of the Federal False Claims Act, alleges that Bill Harbert International...
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December 18, 2006
CMS issues guidance on employee FCA education
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent a letter to State Medicaid agencies regarding the implementation of Section 6032 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171). This...
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