This November, the NHTSA put the auto industry on notice. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Whistleblower Program has issued its first ever whistleblower award. Whistleblower Kim Gwang-ho received $24.3 million for providing information about Hyundai and
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Home Health Medicaid Fraud Cases Announced by Massachusetts AG
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has continued to crack down on home health Medicaid fraud.
AG Announces Two New Home Health Medicaid Fraud Matters
First, the AG’s Medicaid Fraud inked a $1.2 million settlement with a home health group and
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Arthrex Pays $16 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case
The United States has settled a federal False Claims Act qui tam case brought by a client of the Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC against Arthrex, Inc., a Florida-based medical device maker primarily to the orthopedic surgery industry. The False Claims
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Massachusetts Federal Judge Denies CleanSlate Center’s Motion to Dismiss False Claims Act Case
On Monday, September 27, 2021, a Massachusetts Federal Judge denied CleanSlate Center’s and its founder Dr. Amanda Wilson’s attempt to dismiss a False Claims Act case against it brought by our client. CleanSlate Centers operates a national chain of clinics
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Government Whistleblowing: Bob Thomas Examines the Cases of Ellsberg, Felt, and Snowden with BU Law Students
In a Boston University Law School seminar on Whistleblower Law and Practice taught by WLC co-founder Bob Thomas, students started the semester examining whistleblowing in the national security context. Whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg, Mark Felt, and Edward Snowden served as
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SEC Whistleblower Program Reaches $1 Billion Milestone
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has now paid more than $1 billion to whistleblowers since its bounty program began in 2012. The SEC Whistleblower program awards whistleblowers for information about violations of securities laws.
Two recent awards of
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DOJ Announces $1 Million Urine Drug Testing Fraud Settlement
The Department of Justice has recovered $1 million in a urine drug testing fraud settlement with Nevada Advanced Pain Specialists (NAPS). The False Claims Act (FCA) settlement resolves allegations that the Reno-based medical practice submitted false claims to Medicare. The
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DOJ Pursues Another Medicare Advantage Fraud Lawsuit
DOJ shows no signs of slowing down in its pursuit of fraud in the Medicare Advantage program. In the summer of 2021, DOJ reached a landmark settlement and intervened in six related Medicare Advantage fraud lawsuits. Now, in September,
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DOJ’s Case Against Teva for Copay Fraud Will Continue
DOJ’s lawsuit against drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals for copay fraud is charging full steam ahead!
DOJ’s Allegations of Teva’s Copay Fraud
As we previously reported, in August 2020, the United States filed a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that
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Department of Justice Announces Two Medicare Advantage Fraud Matters Involving WLC Attorney
This summer, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took two major steps forward in the longstanding battle against Medicare Advantage fraud.
- First, the United States intervened in six separate False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower cases alleging Medicare Advantage fraud. The