Who CARES About PPP Fraud? We Do!
Fradulent PPP Loan Certifications Can Create False Claims Act Liability The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, [...]
19 05, 2020
1 05, 2020
IRS Issued 181 Awards to Whistleblowers in Fiscal Year 2019
IRS Whistleblowers Were Paid More than $120 Million The IRS recently issued its annual report for Fiscal Year 2019 Whistleblower Awards, disclosing that made 181 awards totaling more than $120 [...]
7 02, 2020
Federal Government Intervenes in Bracker & Marcus False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging False Billing of Orthopedic Products
Relator Alleges Mitias Orthopaedics in New Albany, Mississippi Used and Billed for Non-Approved Injectable DevicesBracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the United States Attorney for the Northern [...]
4 02, 2020
EHR Company Admits to Kickback Scheme Aimed at Increasing Opioid Prescriptions
Practice Fusion paying $118.6 million in False Claims Act settlement; no underlying qui tam.Practice Fusion, creator of electronic health records (EHR) software, admits that it solicited and received kickbacks from [...]
22 01, 2020
DC Seeks to Punish Tax Cheats via False Claims Act Liability
Only two state False Claims Acts currently include a tax provisionThe District of Columbia is one of 31 “states” to have its own false claims act. Now, the district is [...]
16 01, 2020
Genetic Testing: The Latest Cancer in Healthcare Fraud
Genetic Testing Scams Violate the False Claims ActIn September 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Operation Double Helix had resulted in 35 indictments of individuals associated with telemedicine companies [...]
10 01, 2020
False Claims Act Year in Review: 2019
False Claims Act recoveries top $3 billion There were $3 billion in settlements and judgments reported by the government in fiscal year 2019, over $2.1 billion of which arose from [...]
12 04, 2019
Feds Bust a $1.2 Billion Medicare DME Scam Targeting Seniors
Supplying unneeded durable medical equipment violates the False Claims Act.Earlier this week, the authorities announced charges against 24 people across the U.S., including doctors accused of writing bogus prescriptions for [...]
20 03, 2019
SCOTUS discusses statute-of-limitations question in False Claims Act cases
The Supreme Court engaged in oral argument this week over an issue of the False Claims Act: how two separate statute-of-limitations provisions apply to False Claims Act actions when the [...]
27 09, 2018
Puerto Rico Passes a False Claims Act
Puerto Rico will now have an additional weapon in its arsenal to combat hurricane contractors who defraud the island. Recently, Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló signed House Bill 1627, [...]