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 [...]
Protecting the Environment with Qui Tam Statutes Save the Manatees Central Florida is known for three things: healthcare fraud, Disney World, and manatees. After several visits to the [...]
“Florida Man” defrauds the Post Office A Florida man could face up to 20 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines for fraudulent claims against the United States [...]
Genetic Testing Scams Violate the False Claims Act In September 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Operation Double Helix had resulted in 35 indictments of individuals associated with telemedicine [...]
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 [...]
We here at Bracker & Marcus LLC wish you all a happy and healthy new year! 2019 was a big year for our firm. In addition to finalizing an $84.5 [...]
A majority of False Claims Act cases filed by whistleblowers include allegations of Medicaid fraud Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced that the office’s Medicaid Fraud Division recovered more than [...]
By far, the most common type of fraud to be prosecuted under the False Claims Act is healthcare fraud, the filing of false claims (or making of false records or [...]
As we approach another Thanksgiving, our fifth since opening our doors, I cannot help but think of and be grateful for our clients. Right now, “whistleblower” is a buzz word [...]
Partner Jason Marcus recently had an article, An Introduction to the Federal False Claims Act, published in the Federal Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division fall “Perspectives” newsletter. As the name [...]
